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Contravention

noun

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounThe act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement.

"Their contravention of the treaty increased international tensions."

Synonyms

obstruction opposition transgression violation dispute infringement crime contravene violator violate infringer offender

Rhymes With

intention abstention intervention inattention nonintervention circumvention sexual abstention crisis intervention

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