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- 1. offend against the prohibition or order of (a law, treaty, or code of conduct): "he contravened the Official Secrets Act" Similar Opposite
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CONTRAVENED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of contravene 2. to do something that a law or rule does not…. Learn more.
to do something that a law or rule does not allow, or to break a law or rule: The company knew its actions contravened international law. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Obeying & breaking the law. abide by something. adhere to something. afoul. bac. buck. commission. comply. derogation. disobey. enforcer. fall foul of something idiom.
1. : to go or act contrary to : violate. contravene a law. 2. : to oppose in argument : contradict. contravene a proposition. contravener noun. Did you know? Contravene is most often used in reference to laws. So a government may take a company to court claiming that its policies are in contravention of national labor laws.
formal uk / ˌkɒn.trəˈviːn / us / ˌkɑːn.trəˈviːn /. to do something that a law or rule does not allow, or to break a law or rule: The company knew its actions contravened international law. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Obeying & breaking the law. abide. abide by something. adhere. adhere to something.
1. To act or be in violation of (a law, directive, or principle, for example); violate: a sailor who contravened a direct order; a regulation that contravened the new tax policy. 2. To be inconsistent with; be contrary to: "Such a marriage ... contravenes much of what we know about marriages in this period" (Carol Meyers).
to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement. to violate, infringe, or transgress: to contravene the law. contravene. / ˌkɒntrəˈviːn; ˌkɒntrəˈvɛnʃən / verb. to come into conflict with or infringe (rules, laws, etc) to dispute or contradict (a statement, proposition, etc) Discover More. Derived Forms.
To contravene means to go against or defy. You might contravene your parents' ban on sweets when your friend offers to share her candy because chocolate tastes too good to resist! If you contravene something in practice, you act in direct violation of a particular law or rule.
contravene something to do something that is not allowed by a law or rule synonym infringe. The company was found guilty of contravening safety regulations. actions that blatantly contravene the rules of civilized warfare. national policies that contravene European law. Topics Permission and obligation c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
verb. To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule. [formal] The Board has banned the film on the grounds that it contravenes criminal libel laws. [VERB noun] He said the article did not contravene the industry's code of conduct. [VERB noun]
contravene. To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule. The board has banned the film on the grounds that it contravenes criminal libel laws. The government has lent millions of dollars to debt-ridden banks in contravention of local banking laws.
