contravenes
Meaning of contravenes
- offend against the prohibition or order of (a law, treaty, or code of conduct).
he contravened the Official Secrets Act
mid 16th century: from late Latin contravenire, from Latin contra- ‘against’ + venire ‘come’.
Information about contravenes
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of contravenes is: contravene.
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Hyphenation of contravenes
con-tra-venes
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- contravenes is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
contravenes synonyms
Meaning fail to observe (a law, regulation, or agreement):
Meaning break or fail to observe (a law, agreement, or code of conduct):
Meaning break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement):
Meaning actively break the terms of (a law, agreement, etc.):
Meaning openly resist or refuse to obey:
Meaning fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority):
Meaning openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention):
Meaning break the terms of (a law or agreement):
contravenes antonyms
Meaning confirm or support (something which has been questioned):
Anagrams of contravenes
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