Usually means: Violation or breach of law.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. contravention: Merriam-Webster
  2. contravention: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contravention: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contravention: Collins English Dictionary
  5. contravention: Vocabulary.com
  6. Contravention, contravention: Wordnik
  7. contravention: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. contravention: Wiktionary
  9. contravention: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Contravention, contravention: Dictionary.com
  11. Contravention: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Contravention: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. contravention: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. contravention: Rhymezone
  15. Contravention: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. contravention: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. contravention: FreeDictionary.org
  18. contravention: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. contravention: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. contravention: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. contravention: Legal dictionary
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  The act of contravening (a rule, regulation, law, or order) or of not fulfilling (an obligation, promise, or agreement).

Similar:
dispute, breach, violation, transgression, infraction, misobservance, infringement, lawbreaking, rulebreaking, uncompliance, more...

Opposite:
compliance, adherence, observance

Types:
speeding, more...

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direct, such, clear, alleged, flagrant, apparent, manifest, violent, open, complete, blatant

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Similar:
dispute, breach, violation, transgression, infraction, misobservance, infringement, lawbreaking, rulebreaking, uncompliance, more...

Opposite:
compliance, adherence, observance

Types:
speeding, more...

Adjectives:
direct, such, clear, alleged, flagrant, apparent, manifest, violent, open, complete, blatant

Colors:
    black,     red,     gray,     dark blue,     maroon, more...



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