violation of freedom

collocation in English

meaningsofviolationandfreedom

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violation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
an action that breaks or acts against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated ...
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freedom
noun
uk
/ˈfriː.dəm/us
/ˈfriː.dəm/
the condition or right of being able or allowed to do, say, think, etc. whatever you want to, without being controlled ...
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(Definition ofviolationandfreedomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofviolation of freedom

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I consider that it is the veryviolationoffreedomof speech.
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In our view, this is aviolationoffreedomwhich is utterly intolerable.
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Those practices are aviolationoffreedom, not a protection of it.
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It is a clearviolationoffreedomof expression and it cannot be justified even by the will of the majority of the population.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
For example, the protection of freedom of expression and the definition of what constitutes aviolationoffreedomof expression differ markedly from one country to another.
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Why would the closed shop in education be so dangerous, and in what way could it result in theviolationoffreedomof speech?
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Restricting and controlling the user's decisions on use is the actualviolationoffreedom.
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They protested that this was aviolationoffreedomof speech.
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This move was regarded as a blatantviolationoffreedomof speech and threat to independent media.
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I think that everyone should also condemn the arrests of journalists and the massive violations of freedom of expression.
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The resolution also expresses concern at the recent increase in violations of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and restrictions on freedom of the media.
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