Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to violate
Participle: violated
Gerund: violating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | violate |
| you | violate |
| he;she;it | violates |
| we | violate |
| you | violate |
| they | violate |
Perfect
| I | have violated |
| you | have violated |
| he;she;it | has violated |
| we | have violated |
| you | have violated |
| they | have violated |
Past
| I | violated |
| you | violated |
| he;she;it | violated |
| we | violated |
| you | violated |
| they | violated |
Pluperfect
| I | had violated |
| you | had violated |
| he;she;it | had violated |
| we | had violated |
| you | had violated |
| they | had violated |
Future
| I | will violate |
| you | will violate |
| he;she;it | will violate |
| we | will violate |
| you | will violate |
| they | will violate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have violated |
| you | will have violated |
| he;she;it | will have violated |
| we | will have violated |
| you | will have violated |
| they | will have violated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | violate |
| you | violate |
| he;she;it | violate |
| we | violate |
| you | violate |
| they | violate |
Perfect
| I | have violated |
| you | have violated |
| he;she;it | have violated |
| we | have violated |
| you | have violated |
| they | have violated |
Imperfect
| I | violated |
| you | violated |
| he;she;it | violated |
| we | violated |
| you | violated |
| they | violated |
Pluperfect
| I | had violated |
| you | had violated |
| he;she;it | had violated |
| we | had violated |
| you | had violated |
| they | had violated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would violate |
| you | would violate |
| he;she;it | would violate |
| we | would violate |
| you | would violate |
| they | would violate |
Perfect
| I | would have violated |
| you | would have violated |
| he;she;it | would have violated |
| we | would have violated |
| you | would have violated |
| they | would have violated |
Imperative
| you | violate |
| we | Let's violate |
| you | violate |
Verbs conjugated like 'violate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'violate'
avolate,
dilate,
etiolate,
iodate,
isolate,
prolate,
reviolate,
solate,
variolate,
vibrate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- breach
- disturb, infringe, transgress, disobey, infract, trespass, tamper
- rape
- defile, dishonor, ravish, deflower, profane, force, besmirch, debase
Antonyms
- to accept instruction or command
- defy, disobey, rebel, obey
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1432, "to break" (an oath, etc.), from L. violatus (see violation). Sense of "ravish" is first recorded c.1440.
2. From Middle English violaten (“to defile, render impure”), from violat(e) (“defiled, desecrated”, also used as the past participle of violaten) + -en, borrowed from Latin violātus, perfect passive participle of violō (“to treat with violence (whether bodily or mental)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from vīs (“strength, power, force, violence”).
Sample Sentences
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Drinking-and-driving violates the law.
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Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.
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In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book. [2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN:]
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That Antonia whom you violated, was your Sister! That Elvira whom you murdered, gave you birth! Tremble, abandoned Hypocrite! Inhuman Parricide! Incestuous Ravisher! [1796, Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk:]
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Bulgarian soldiers in the meantime entered Turkish houses, violated the women and girls and stole everything they could lay their hands on. [1914, “Report of the International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars”, in Carnegie Report, Washington, DC: The Endowment:]
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If you don't have a job, you can't pay the money, then you get violated and have to go back to prison. [2009, Shakti Belway, Bearing Witness, page 12:]
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Estela: Well, they'd take me to jail, I'd violate, and I go to prison. And maybe I get violated for six months, eight months . . . maybe 30 days, 60 days . . . You know, whatever the parole officer recommended for me, I got. [2014, Juanita Díaz-Cotto, Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice: Voices from El Barrio, page 165:]