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contravention
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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 breach, infraction, infringement, transgression, trespass, violationRelated Words misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, offense (or offence), sin, wrong; disregard, forgetting, ignoring, nonobservance, overlooking; delinquency, dereliction, neglect; encroachment, intrusion, invasionNear Antonyms respecting, upholdingAntonyms noninfringement, nonviolation, observance
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