Contravene

Synonyms for "contravene" (127 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Verb(4 words)

abjure antagonize baffle balk belie blast brave breach breakbreak the lawcheckmate circumvent clash collide combat commit confound confront confute

Noun(3 words)

breaches breachingconflict with

Strong matches (38)

contest contradictcontrast withcontrovert counter counteract counterbalance countermand counterpose countervail cross dash defeat deny destroy disaffirm disallow disavow disclaim discomfit

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disconcert discountenance dish disown disprove dispute disrupt elude encroach exclude falsify fight flout flummox

Verb(4 words)

contradicting defied defy disobey

Related words (63)

foil forswear frustrate gainsaygo againstimpugn infract infringe interfere intrudemeet head onmilitate againstnegate negative nonplusnot acceptnot admitnullify offend offset

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oppose oppugn overstep perplex rebut recant refute reject renounce repudiate resist retract revoke ruinrun againstsabotage scotchset offspike spoil spurnstand in the waystonewall stumptake backtake issue withthwart transgress traverse trespass upsetwork against

Verb(10 words)

infringed infringes negate offends opposerun afoultransgress violate violated violates

Noun(1 words)

violating

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More general

15 entries

breach break differ disagree dissentgo againstinconsistency infract noncompliance nonconformity offendtake issuetransgress violate violation

More specific

6 entries

academic misconductbreach of contractbreach of treatyethics violationinfringement of rightsprofessional malpractice

Collocations

6 entries

contravene a treatycontravene ethical guidelinescontravene international lawcontravene normscontravene regulationscontravene the law

Inflections

3 entries

contravened contravenes contravening

Derivations

3 entries

contravenor contravention contraventional

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This would contravene several articles of the Geneva Convention.

Source: tatoeba (10640494)

Nature feigns to contravene her own laws.

Source: tatoeba (10649840)

No law enacted by the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall contravene this Law.

Source: tatoeba (11674435)

This is the second time that the proposed laws, which have caused anxiety in the private sector, have been found to contravene the heavily amended constitution or other laws.

Source: tatoeba (12043714)

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