contravention

contravention

noun

Definition of CONTRAVENTION

a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation <a clandestine weapons program that was a contravention of the international arms agreement>

Synonyms contravention, infraction, infringement, transgression, trespass, violation

Related Words misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, offense (or offence), sin, wrong; disregard, forgetting, ignoring, nonobservance, overlooking; delinquency, dereliction, neglect; encroachment, intrusion, invasion

Near Antonyms respecting, upholding

Antonyms noninfringement, nonviolation, observance