'Infraction' definitions:
Definition of 'infraction'
(from WordNet)
noun
A crime less serious than a felony [syn: misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement]
Definition of 'Infraction'
From: GCIDE
- Infraction \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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'infraction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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