CONTRAVENING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

contravening

verb

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present participle of contravene

as in violating

to fail to keep the unauthorized reproduction of the image contravenes copyright laws

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Recent Examples of contravening In the years intervening, the poem has remained a lodestar, a contravening presence when, in present day America’s vituperative political landscape, the humanities disciplines and higher education itself has been forced to invoke and defend its own authority. —

Elaine L. Wang september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025 The problem comes when ideological casting choices begin to undermine the narrative, contravening Grisham’s famously effective structure and pacing. —

Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025 Turkey sees it as contravening the Montreux Convention and its own strategic interests. —

Galip Dalay, Time, 19 Aug. 2025

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Prosecutors said Kamnik also used the state's Justice Network, known as JNET, to obtain hundreds of photographs of women, violating database policies.

— Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
Several have also been sanctioned by foreign governments that accused them of supporting and serving in the military government or violating human rights.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026