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contravention

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of contravention

breach, infraction, infringement, transgression, trespass, violation

Words Related to contravention

misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, offense (or offence), sin, wrong

disregard, forgetting, ignoring, nonobservance, overlooking

delinquency, dereliction, neglect

encroachment, intrusion, invasion

Near Antonyms of contravention

respecting, upholding

Antonyms of contravention

noninfringement, observance

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