violative

An adjective meaning 'tending to violate or infringe upon something,' now rarely used in modern English.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif signifiant « qui enfreint ou porte atteinte à quelque chose », et qui est rarement utilisé en anglais moderne.

1. Tending to violate C1 formal

   Having the quality of breaking or infringing upon a rule, law, or agreement.

   • The company's actions were considered violative of the trade agreement.
   • His speech was violative of the school's code of conduct.
   • The court found the policy to be violative of constitutional rights.

   🇫🇷qui tend à enfreindre

   Synonymes: disobedientnoncompliantoffending

   Antonymes: compliantobedientobservantrespectful

2. Offensive or transgressive C1 formal

   Causing offense or going against accepted standards or norms.

   • The artist's work was seen as violative of public decency.
   • Her comments were deemed violative of workplace ethics.
   • The advertisement was criticized as violative of community standards.

   🇫🇷transgressif / offensant

   Synonymes: offensive

   Antonymes: acceptablecompliantconforminginoffensiveproperrespectful

• more violative comparative form
• most violative superlative form