Act
Act verb - To present a portrayal or performance of.
Violate
Violate verb - To fail to keep.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- This allows the cleric to act pretty much however he or she wants as long it can be said to not violate the concept rather than worry about how his or her patron deity feels.
Source: Concepts Are Cheap -
However, savvy players can find loopholes in the conditions, thus allowing them to act in ways that technically do not violate the conditions they have agreed upon.
Source: Light Novel / No Game No Life - The Radical Republicans knew that Johnson would fire his Secretary of War and thus violate this act, so they just sat back and sold tickets to the trial.
Source: Batman Gambit / Real Life
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Violate and Act. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/violate
Act & Violate. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/violate>.
Violate or Act. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/violate.
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