reviolate

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ violate.

Verb

reviolate (third-person singular simple present reviolates, present participle reviolating, simple past and past participle reviolated)

1. To violate again.
   • 1994, Marcia Claire Inhorn, Quest for conception:

     Those polluted external intruders who cross the boundaries of her ritual sanctuary unwittingly "reviolate" her bodily boundaries with the pollutants which they exude.

   • 2007, Lorraine V. Coyne, Capital Punishment Update, →ISBN, page 92:

     Z felt most comfortable imposing the death penalty where the defendant is 'incorrigible and would reviolate if released,' and less comfortable where the defendant is found to have been 'temporarily insane.'

   • 2008, Guidance for Implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan, →ISBN:

     In this way, the state can learn which measures are most effective in ensuring that offenders do not reviolate.

Anagrams

• violetear