Meaning of INFRACTION
| Pronunciation: | | in'frakshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] a crime less serious than a felony |
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| | Synonyms: | | infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, offence, offense, violation |
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| | See Also: | | bearing false witness, breach of the peace, crime, disorderly behavior, disorderly conduct, disturbance of the peace, false pretence, false pretense, indecent exposure, law-breaking, lying under oath, perjury, public nudity, sedition | |
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| | Definition: | | \In*frac"tion\, n. [L. infractio: cf. F. infraction.]
The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation;
nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty,
compact, rule, or law. --I. Watts.
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| | Definition: | | A violation of law not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses generally are considered infractions. |
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| | Related Terms: | | aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, bad faith, breach, breach of contract, breach of faith, breach of law, breach of privilege, breach of promise, breach of trust, breaking, civil disobedience, contravention, crime, criminality, delinquency, deviance, deviancy, disobedience, encroachment, error, faux pas, frowardness, illegality, improperness, impropriety, inappropriateness, incorrectness, incursion, indecorousness, indecorum, indiscipline, indocility, infringement, inroad, insubordination, intractability, intrusion, lapse, lawbreaking, lawlessness, naughtiness, noncompliance, nonconformity, noncooperation, nonobedience, offense, overstepping, passive resistance, recusancy, sin, sinfulness, slip, transgression, trespass, trespassing, uncooperativeness, unduteousness, undutifulness, unfitness, unfittingness, unlawfulness, unrighteousness, unseemliness, unsubmissiveness, unsuitability, usurpation, violation, violation of law, waywardness, wickedness, willful disobedience, wrong, wrongfulness, wrongness |
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