The meaning of Contravention

Contravention – definition

noun
An action which offends against a law, treaty, or other ruling.
Usage examples:
The publishing of misleading advertisements was a contravention of the act
Synonims:
Breach Violation Infringement Non-observance Breaking Transgression Neglect Dereliction Failure to observe Non-compliance with Departure from Infraction Delict

noun
An action that is against a law or rule, or that is not what you promised or were expected to do
Usage examples:
(a) contravention of sth the use of unguarded candles is a contravention of the 1981 hotels & board…

Contravention translation into English

Contravention: translate from English into Chinese

违反

Contravention: translate from English into Dutch

Overtreding, Inbreuk

Contravention: translate from English into French

Violation, Infraction, Agression

Contravention: translate from English into German

Zuwiderhandlung

Contravention: translate from English into Hindi

उल्लंघन, विरोध

Contravention: translate from English into Italian

Contravvenzione

Contravention: translate from English into Korean

위반, 반대

Contravention: translate from English into Russian

Нарушение

Contravention: translate from English into Spanish

Contravención, Infracción

Word origin

mid 16th century: via French from medieval Latin contraventio(n- ), from late Latin contravenire (see contravene).

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Contravention synonims

breach

noun
An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.
Usage examples:
A breach of confidence

verb
Make a gap in and break through (a wall, barrier, or defence).
Usage examples:
The river breached its bank

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breaking

verb
Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.
Usage examples:
The branch broke with a loud snap

noun
An interruption of continuity or uniformity.
Usage examples:
The magazine has been published without a break since 1950

noun
A pause in work or during an activity or event.
Usage examples:
I need a break from mental activity

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delict

noun
A violation of the law; a tort.
Usage examples:
An international delict

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dereliction

noun
The state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated.
Usage examples:
A 15th-century farmhouse has been saved from dereliction

noun
(a) failure to do what you should do
Usage examples:
What you did was a grave dereliction of duty., the old railway station was in a state of dereliction.

All meanings and translations of Dereliction

infraction

noun
A violation or infringement of a law or agreement.
Usage examples:
Punishment is meted out to the offender because this is what he deserves in response to his infract…

noun
A breaking of a rule or law
Usage examples:
A minor infraction

noun
An act of not obeying a rule or law
Usage examples:
The candidate had committed an infraction at a previous job., a minor/major/serious infraction, an …

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infringement

noun
The action of breaking the terms of a law, agreement, etc.; violation.
Usage examples:
Copyright infringement

noun
An action that is against a law, an agreement, etc.
Usage examples:
Infringement of sth the report argues that the penalty for online infringement of copyright should …

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neglect

verb
Fail to care for properly.
Usage examples:
The old churchyard has been sadly neglected

noun
The state of being uncared for.
Usage examples:
The place had a hopeless air of neglect

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transgression

noun
An act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence.
Usage examples:
I'll be keeping an eye out for further transgressions

noun
An action that breaks a law or rule
Usage examples:
[ c ] it is hard to keep the transgressions of famous people out of the news., he transgressed the …

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violation

noun
The action of violating someone or something.
Usage examples:
The aircraft were in violation of un resolutions

noun
An action that breaks a law, agreement, rule, etc.
Usage examples:
The first violation can result in a $150 fine., a violation of sth unpaid overtime is a violation o…

All meanings and translations of Violation

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