violatoryadj.
/ˈvʌɪələt(ə)ri/, /ˌvʌɪəˈleɪt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈvaɪələˌtɔri/ = violative adj.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > breaking rule or custom
violatory1687
transgressional1690
violative1745
transgressinga1812
transgressive1969
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > violating the law
unlawfula1387
trespassant1587
perfract1616
rumpant1621
transgressive1646
violatory1687
violent1697
violative1745
law-breaking1767
transgressinga1812
transgredient1837
infringing1897
the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > [adjective]
unordaina1425
vow-breaking1533
vowless1620
violatory1687
violative1745
repudiatory1846
lapsed1959
1687 A. Shields Hind let Loose vi. 172 It [sc. tolerance of Catholicism] is so clogged with so many restrictions,..so clearly violatory of Covenant-Engagements.
1798 M. Weld No Union! 9 The articles of the Union were broken through by the passing of the Malt Act, violatory and subversive of those articles!
1842 Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 209 She [sc. the Supreme Court], in passing her judicial sanctions on the violatory laws, is one of the parties inculpated.
1850 W. Anderson Regeneration 144 The dogma is glaringly unphilosophical, and violatory of common sense.
1907 J. M. Gardner Amer. Negligence Rep. 20 65 The trial court set aside a verdict for plaintiff as violatory of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1989 A. Hiltebeitel Criminal Gods & Demon Devotees xi. 366 Bhairava, who holds the head of Brahma as a result of having committed the ultimate violatory act.
2005 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 18 Dec. a8/5 To penalise people for who and what they are is profoundly disrespectful of the human personality and violatory of equality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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