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Synonyms for contravention
ˌkɒn trəˈvɛn ʃəncon·tra·ven·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
dispute, contraventionnoun
coming into conflict with
Synonyms:
difference of opinion, conflict, difference, dispute
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
contraventionnoun
Synonyms:
contradiction, opposition, obstruction
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
contraventionnoun
Synonyms:
thwarting, opposition, counteraction, violation, transgression
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "contravention":
violation, breach, offence, contrary, infringement, contraventions, defiance, ticket, contradiction, violate
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1845 | difference | |
#2771 | ticket | |
#3106 | conflict | |
#4693 | violation | |
#5676 | dispute | |
#6811 | contrary | |
#9001 | breach | |
#9984 | infringement | |
#10353 | offence | |
#12746 | violate | |
#17944 | contradiction | |
#20514 | defiance | |
#36071 | contravention | |
#120135 | contraventions |
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Justice Ginsburg was a consistent voice for procedural integrity at Supreme Court, justice Ginsburg would have been up in arms over Supreme Court allowing such a restrictive law to go into effect in direct contravention of longstanding precedent and while Supreme Court has a pending merits case before Supreme Court implicating the same core issues.
Andrew McCabe's clearly targeting the person who's filed this complaint that affects Andrew McCabe seriously and is kind of laying the marker down that Andrew McCabe wants this person's identity and Andrew McCabe wants to be able to follow-up on this. So absolutely a total contravention of all the protections for whistleblowers, so you have to ask, was this some sort of a message to all of those folks and indeed a message to all people serving in the government that if they step forward with complaints, they can expect the President to come after them ?
The jamming of the cellular signal was an unprecedented contravention of media freedom. All indications are that the jamming of the signal was illegal.
The Stena Impero was seized in Omani waters in clear contravention of international law.
This is a very blatant land grab and it is in direct contravention to the Minsk Agreement that they signed up to.
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