violence

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English violence, borrowed from Old French violence, borrowed from Latin violentia, from violēns (“violent”) + -ia. See violent. Displaced native Old English stræc. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ.(ə.)ləns/ (obsolete or poetic) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ.(ə)ˌlɛns/ Hyphenation: vio‧lence, vi‧o‧lence Rhymes: -aɪələns, -aɪləns === Noun === violence (countable and uncountable, plural violences) Extreme force. Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering. Widespread fighting. (figuratively) Injustice, wrong. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering”): peace, nonviolence ==== Hypernyms ==== (extreme force): force ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== violent violate violation ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== domestic violence reverse domestic violence === Verb === violence (third-person singular simple present violences, present participle violencing, simple past and past participle violenced) (nonstandard) To subject to violence. === References === “violence”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. violence in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. Raymond Williams (1983), “Violence”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 329. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “violence”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French violence, from Latin violentia, from the adjective violentus, see violent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vjɔ.lɑ̃s/ Homophone: violences === Noun === violence f (plural violences) (uncountable) violence (countable) act of violence ==== Synonyms ==== ardeur brutalité force fougue fureur sévices virulence ==== Antonyms ==== douceur ==== Derived terms ==== faire violence plus fait douceur que violence violence conjugale ==== Related terms ==== violemment violent violenter === Further reading === “violence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === violens, vyolence, vyolens, vyalens, wiolence, violense === Etymology === From Old French violence, from Latin violentia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌviːɔlˈɛns(ə)/, /ˌviːəlˈɛns(ə)/, /viəlˈɛns(ə)/, /ˈviːəlɛns(ə)/ === Noun === violence (uncountable) Violence (harmful manual force) or an example of it. A harmful force of nature; great natural force. Divine or religious force or strength. The force or power of one's feelings or mental state. Powerful or forceful movement or mobility. Misrule or malgovernance; abuse of authority. (rare) Beneficial manual force. (rare) The strength of an ache. (rare) The whims of chance. ==== Descendants ==== English: violence ==== References ==== “vī̆olence, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 May 2019. == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin violentia. === Noun === violence oblique singular, f (oblique plural violences, nominative singular violence, nominative plural violences) violence act of violence ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: violence, violens, vyolence, vyolens, vyalens, wiolence, violenseEnglish: violence Franc-Comtois: vyoleince French: violence