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contravener
con·tra·vene C0608700 (kŏn′trə-vēn′)tr.v. con·tra·vened, con·tra·ven·ing, con·tra·venes 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). [French contrevenir, from Medieval Latin contrāvenīre, to transgress, from Late Latin, to oppose : Latin contrā-, contra- + Latin venīre, to come; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.] con′tra·ven′er n.ThesaurusSeecontravene |