INFRACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infraction mean? 

• INFRACTION (noun)
  The noun INFRACTION has 1 sense:

1. a crime less serious than a felony

  Familiarity information: INFRACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFRACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A crime less serious than a felony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

infraction; infringement; misdemeanor; misdemeanour; violation

Hypernyms ("infraction" is a kind of...):

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "infraction"):

breach of the peace; disorderly behavior; disorderly conduct; disturbance of the peace (any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled)

false pretence; false pretense ((law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation)

indecent exposure; public nudity (vulgar and offensive nakedness in a public place)

bearing false witness; lying under oath; perjury (criminal offense of making false statements under oath)

sedition (an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government)

Derivation:

infract (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises)

 Context examples 

Myocardial infraction (MI) is the condition of irreversible necrosis of the heart muscle that results from prolonged ischemia.

(Acute Myocardial Infarction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)