OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 25685

contravene

/ˌkɒn.tɹəˈviːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
conculcar • contravenir
To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation.
[…] nothing is a commandement, or a commanded dutie but that which if we contravene, it maketh us guilty of sin before God,
[…] this Article directly contravenes the Treaty with Portugal […]
Phrases