violence
Middle English
/ˌviːɔlˈɛns(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French violence derived from Latin violentia.
Origin
Latin
violentia
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiviolence English
- counterviolence English
- cyberviolence English
- hyperviolence English
- narcoviolence English
- nonviolence English
- powerviolence English
- proviolence English
- self-violence English
- ultraviolence English
- violence English
- violence-ridden English
- violentia Latin
- violenza Italian
- violence French
- violência Portuguese
- violence Old French
- violència Catalan, Valencian
- violento Ido
- violéncia Occitan
- viulënza Ladin