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in·frac·tion

  [in-frak-shuhn]  Show IPA

noun

1.

breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules.

2.

Medicine/Medical . an incomplete fracture of a bone.

Origin: 
1615–25;  < Latin infrāctiōn-  (stem of infrāctiō ). See infract, -ion

Related forms

non·in·frac·tion, noun

Can be confused: infarction, infraction.

Synonyms 
1. See breach.

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infract  (ɪnˈfrækt)
— vb
	( tr ) to violate or break (a law, an agreement, etc)
[C18: from Latin infractus  broken off, from infringere;  see infringe ]
in'fraction
— n
in'fractor
— n

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Word Origin & History

infraction 

1461, from L. infractionem (nom. infractio) "a breaking," noun of action from infrang-, stem of infringere(see infringe).

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