Contravene
verb
To break a rule or law.
The company was found to be contravening safety regulations.
Often appears as...
- contravene regulations
- contravene the law
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Disapproving
Legal
verb
To oppose or go against something.
His views contravene the popular opinion.
Often appears as...
- contravene public opinion
- contravene norms
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Neutral
verb
To break a rule or law.
The company was found to be contravening safety regulations.
Often appears as...
- contravene regulations
- contravene the law
Usage tips
Disapproving
Legal
verb
To oppose or go against something.
His views contravene the popular opinion.
Often appears as...
- contravene public opinion
- contravene norms
Usage tips
Neutral
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Use 'contravene' in legal or formal settings when talking about breaking rules or laws.
Distributing unlicensed copies of software will contravene intellectual property laws.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Tone
'Contravene' implies a serious violation and may suggest consequences for the act.
By ignoring the cease and desist letter, the company continued to contravene the trademark.
Pro Tip 3/3Business Regulations
Commonly used in business contexts to refer to companies breaking industry rules.
The advert was pulled off air because it contravened advertising standards.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Use 'contravene' in legal or formal settings when talking about breaking rules or laws.
Distributing unlicensed copies of software will contravene intellectual property laws.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Tone
'Contravene' implies a serious violation and may suggest consequences for the act.
By ignoring the cease and desist letter, the company continued to contravene the trademark.
Pro Tip 3/3Business Regulations
Commonly used in business contexts to refer to companies breaking industry rules.
The advert was pulled off air because it contravened advertising standards.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Use 'contravene' in legal or formal settings when talking about breaking rules or laws.
Distributing unlicensed copies of software will contravene intellectual property laws.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Tone
'Contravene' implies a serious violation and may suggest consequences for the act.
By ignoring the cease and desist letter, the company continued to contravene the trademark.
Pro Tip 3/3Business Regulations
Commonly used in business contexts to refer to companies breaking industry rules.
The advert was pulled off air because it contravened advertising standards.
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OK Finalist PIPE National...
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Beware, fellow...
Your politician's always echoing that trickle-down idea by saying things like, "Well, if you raise the price of employment, guess what happens? You get less of it." Are you sure? Because there's some contravening evidence.
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OK Finalist PIPE National...
Oklahoma agriculture and energy we produce wheat corn contravenes two of the country's biggest natural gas companies chesapeake energy company and devon energy company or headquartered in oklahoma city the fiber trade places with an explorer in the world I would be Columbus because it'd be fun to go to a
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Beware, fellow...
Your politician's always echoing that trickle-down idea by saying things like, "Well, if you raise the price of employment, guess what happens? You get less of it." Are you sure? Because there's some contravening evidence.
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Mike Pompeo
American Politician
As the urgency of the threat presented by Islamic extremism grows, we cannot afford to have the commander-in-chief issue executive orders in direct contravention of laws that he enacted.
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John Polanyi
Hungarian Scientist
Under this scientific and moral pressure, the Canadian government conceded publicly that the use of these weapons in Vietnam was, in their view, a contravention of the Geneva Protocol.
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Benjamin F. Wade
American Politician
Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me to contravene the doctrine.
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
Hersh's account of the bin Laden raid is a farrago of nonsense that is contravened by a multitude of eyewitness accounts, inconvenient facts, and simple common sense.
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Mike Pompeo
American Politician
As the urgency of the threat presented by Islamic extremism grows, we cannot afford to have the commander-in-chief issue executive orders in direct contravention of laws that he enacted.
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John Polanyi
Hungarian Scientist
Under this scientific and moral pressure, the Canadian government conceded publicly that the use of these weapons in Vietnam was, in their view, a contravention of the Geneva Protocol.
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Benjamin F. Wade
American Politician
Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me to contravene the doctrine.
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
Hersh's account of the bin Laden raid is a farrago of nonsense that is contravened by a multitude of eyewitness accounts, inconvenient facts, and simple common sense.
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