contravene
Go against laws
Contravene means to act against or go against something, typically a rule, law, or established principle.
When you contravene a regulation, you violate it or fail to comply with its requirements.
The company's dumping practices contravene environmental laws.
The word carries a formal tone and appears most often in legal, regulatory, and official contexts.
Something that contravenes may not be an outright violation but rather conflicts with the spirit or intent of what it opposes.
Breaking of agreement
- transgressViolate a boundary
- infringeViolate another's rights
- floutOpenly defy authority
- disobeyRefuse to comply
defy · disregard · overstep · violate · infract · break · ignore · neglect
Forbidden by statute
- unlawfulForbidden by statute
- breachBreaking of agreement
- statuteEnacted written rule
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
ordinance · legislation · code · rule · penalty · sanction · prosecute · enforcement
breach
Breaking of agreement
- transgressViolate a boundary
- infringeViolate another's rights
- floutOpenly defy authority
disobey · defy · disregard · overstep · violate · infract · break · ignore · neglect · circumvent
illegal
Forbidden by statute
regulation · ordinance · legislation · code · rule · penalty · sanction · prosecute · enforcement · compliance
clash
Violent disagreement or collision
- contradictDispute a statement
- opposeAct against something
- counterFlat service surface
conflict · disagree · dispute · challenge · controvert · rebut · negate · refute · run afoul · incompatibility
ban
Official restriction on something
- forbidDeclare not allowed
- proscribeOfficially forbid something
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
embargo · outlaw · veto · bar · enjoin · disallow · restrict · moratorium · prohibition · forbidden
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