Associations to the word «Infringement»

Wiktionary

INFRINGEMENT, noun. A violation or breach, as of a law.
INFRINGEMENT, noun. An encroachment on a right, a person, a territory, or a property.

Dictionary definition

INFRINGEMENT, noun. An act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment".
INFRINGEMENT, noun. A crime less serious than a felony.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne