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- Dictionaryinfraction/ɪnˈfrakʃn/
noun
- 1. a violation or infringement of a law or agreement.
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a breaking of a rule or law: a minor infraction.
An infraction is usually the breaking of a law, rule, or agreement. So a nation charged with an infraction of an international treaty will usually have to pay a penalty. In Federal law, an infraction is even smaller than a misdemeanor, and the only penalty is a fine.
a breaking of a rule or law: a minor infraction.
Infraction definition: breach; violation; infringement. See examples of INFRACTION used in a sentence.
Define infraction. infraction synonyms, infraction pronunciation, infraction translation, English dictionary definition of infraction. breach; violation; infringement: infraction of the rules; in medicine, an incomplete fracture of a bone Not to be confused with: infarction – a localized...
noun. 1. breach; violation; infringement. an infraction of the rules. 2. Medicine. an incomplete fracture of a bone. SYNONYMS 1. See breach. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin. [1615–25; ‹ L infrāctiōn- (s. of infrāctiō).
An infraction is a petty crime or a minor breaking of rules. When you think of the word infraction , think that your offence has just crossed the line into wrong. Something like a parking ticket is an infraction.
Infraction definition: The act or an instance of infringing, as of a law or rule; a violation.
INFRACTION meaning: an occasion when someone breaks a rule or the law. Learn more.
Definition of infraction noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
