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Violation vs Misconduct - What's the difference?

violation | misconduct |

As nouns the difference between violation and misconduct

is that violation is the act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated while misconduct is bad behavior.

As a verb misconduct is

to mismanage.

violation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
  • # An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
  • # Rape.

    • Synonyms

    * transgression * desecration See breach.

    Related terms

    * violate * violable * violative * violator

    Antonyms

    * compliance * obedience

    Anagrams

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    misconduct

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (mis-) + (conduct) (noun)

    Noun

    (wikipedia misconduct) (en-noun)
  • Bad behavior.
    • The student was threatened with a £2000 fine and banned from using the university's computing resources for two weeks due to gross misconduct on the Internet.

    Etymology 2

    From (mis-) + (conduct) (verb)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mismanage.
  • # (reflexive) To misbehave.
  • He misconducted himself with a chorus girl, according to his wife.
  • (rare) To act improperly.