A minor violation of the law, contract, or right that is not a misdemeanor or a felony and that cannot be punished by imprisonment (compare Felony, Misdemeanor)
A breach, violation, or infringement; as of a law, a contract, a right or duty A violation of a statute for which the only sentence authorized is a fine and which violation is expressly designated as an infraction
an act of breaking a rule or law infraction of (infractio, from infringere; INFRINGE)
ınfract
Hyphenation
in·fract
Etymology
[ in-'frak-sh&n ] (noun.) 15th century. Middle English, from Medieval Latin infraction-, infractio, from Latin, subduing, from infringere to break; more at INFRINGE.