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Contravene

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To act or be counter to; violate: contravene a direct order.

v. To oppose in argument; gainsay: contravened the proposal. See Synonyms at deny.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To act contrary to an order, or fail to conform to a regulation.

v. To deny the truth of something.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat.

v. To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To come or be in conflict with; oppose in principle or effect; impede the operation or course of.

To act so as to combat or violate; transgress: as, to contravene the law.

Synonyms To cross, run counter to, militate against, contradict, defeat, nullify, neutralize.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. deny the truth of

v. go against, as of rules and laws

Word Usage

"Where the narrative represents events that contravene these we have four flavours of quirk respectively (expanding on Suvin's coinage/exaptation of "novum" and following his naming strategy): sutura; chimera; erratum; novum."

Verb Form

contravened contravenes contravening

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

breach break violate go against offend

Cross Reference

violate defeat

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

defeat thwart nullify contradict set aside