infringement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an act that disregards an agreement or a right
    violation.
    • he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment
  2. noun a crime less serious than a felony
    violation; infraction; misdemeanor; misdemeanour.

WordNet

In*fringe"ment noun
Definitions
  1. The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution.
    The punishing of this infringement is proper to that jurisdiction against which the contempt is. Clarendon.
  2. An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass.

Webster 1913