What is another word for Contravening?
530 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kˌɒntɹəvˈɛnɪŋ], [ kˌɒntɹəvˈɛnɪŋ], [ k_ˌɒ_n_t_ɹ_ə_v_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_ŋ]
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Synonyms for Contravening:
adj.
• negative (adjective) • Other relevant words: (adjective)v.
• defying (verb) • disproving (verb)Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words:- fault,
- scotch,
- get out,
- crossroad,
- venturesome,
- determine,
- chafe,
- obviate,
- hold in,
- offensive,
- bring out,
- confirmation,
- invasive,
- sin,
- busy,
- take off,
- turn back,
- snap off,
- fall apart,
- intriguing,
- check off,
- disconfirming,
- stir up,
- damaging,
- put down,
- trench,
- sabotage,
- gibe,
- leave,
- ensure,
- falling out,
- spite,
- meddlesome,
- rid of,
- jibe,
- thwart,
- cut,
- see to it,
- burst,
- interrupt,
- step down,
- maltreatment,
- renounce,
- checker,
- take advantage,
- entrench,
- degenerate,
- learn,
- assure,
- countercheck,
- come apart,
- hold,
- snipe,
- pause,
- decimate,
- enthral,
- chink,
- electronegative,
- do away with,
- dispute,
- shake up,
- collapse,
- get rid of,
- cheque,
- delight,
- respite,
- hold out,
- crossbreeding,
- intrude,
- opponent,
- hybridization,
- veto,
- no matter,
- nonconformist,
- ill-use,
- time out,
- belie,
- shout,
- look into,
- check-out procedure,
- dishonour,
- start,
- plunder,
- discontinue,
- bust,
- stop,
- wear out,
- irrespective,
- reject,
- gaolbreak,
- lining,
- dun,
- erupt,
- shock,
- break in,
- protest,
- deviant,
- jailbreak,
- dissident,
- breakout,
- frustrative,
- baulk,
- aberrant,
- chip,
- neutralize,
- go away,
- misuse,
- break-dance,
- interbreeding,
- dismiss,
- arrest,
- run afoul,
- fit,
- see,
- irreverence,
- veneer,
- go through,
- part,
- rule out,
- rift,
- audacious,
- check up on,
- bruise,
- kick downstairs,
- check mark,
- insult,
- digress,
- find out,
- hold up,
- break up,
- interruption,
- carry off,
- severance,
- go over,
- enrapture,
- go bad,
- stay,
- tick off,
- ambitious,
- uncover,
- commove,
- give,
- break down,
- frustration,
- consume,
- venturous,
- bother,
- bank check,
- pulverize,
- enchant,
- dampen,
- barrack,
- verification,
- agree,
- self-contradictory,
- let out,
- devour,
- chequer,
- scandalisation,
- dissent,
- lash out,
- foreswear,
- conk out,
- jeer,
- at odds,
- dishonor,
- throw in the towel,
- sidetrack,
- breakage,
- wear,
- insure,
- usurpation,
- hybridisation,
- bankrupt,
- push aside,
- maltreat,
- offensive activity,
- lay off,
- hardihood,
- fail,
- ascertain,
- criminal offense,
- match,
- bilk,
- check out,
- scoff,
- cross,
- gravel,
- misdemeanour,
- crucify,
- retard,
- impediment,
- minus,
- impingement,
- crossover,
- vex,
- pervert,
- divert,
- disregardless,
- snub,
- thought-provoking,
- round,
- mark,
- evildoing,
- hybridizing,
- intermit,
- smash,
- relinquish,
- stoppage,
- get at,
- rebut,
- criminal offence,
- counterbalance,
- happy chance,
- discover,
- drop out,
- desecrate,
- carrefour,
- clapperclaw,
- bridle,
- ford,
- intermission,
- chit,
- stand firm,
- destruct,
- divulge,
- balk,
- fend,
- better,
- frustrating,
- substantiation,
- disclose,
- despoil,
- controvert,
- enthrall,
- law-breaking,
- halt,
- rag,
- delay,
- hardiness,
- revilement,
- intersection,
- assail,
- antagonize,
- straggle,
- leave office,
- refuse,
- break out,
- colza,
- open frame,
- give way,
- hold back,
- fracture,
- indignation,
- mark off,
- throw in,
- raise up,
- queer,
- deterrent,
- set off,
- pollution,
- handicap,
- disruption,
- upset,
- foiling,
- give away,
- extinguish,
- eradicate,
- take leave,
- soften,
- countervail,
- relegate,
- prisonbreak,
- reveal,
- devil,
- resign,
- breaking,
- control,
- tick,
- correspond,
- agitate,
- crosswalk,
- curb,
- set out,
- break of serve,
- attack,
- gap,
- infract,
- tally,
- tab,
- cave in,
- impact,
- regardless,
- rapine,
- split,
- break dance,
- good luck,
- chuck up the sponge,
- unwrap,
- bump,
- dare,
- ravishment,
- crack,
- rupture,
- condition,
- recess,
- nullify,
- die,
- down,
- cease,
- set forth,
- expose,
- geological fault,
- let on,
- discipline,
- umbrage,
- break away,
- wipe out,
- moderate,
- stand,
- separate,
- step,
- set on,
- hitch,
- scandal,
- antagonise,
- misdemeanor,
- jib,
- pull up stakes,
- ill-treatment,
- annoy,
- appal,
- hindrance,
- cladding,
- ruin,
- blackguard,
- egest,
- withstand,
- check into,
- suspension,
- avant-garde,
- transport,
- contradictory,
- demote,
- scandalise,
- neglect,
- baffle,
- give up,
- negatively charged,
- nettle,
- watch,
- boldness,
- shift,
- foil,
- vilification,
- appall,
- pulverise,
- bedevil,
- go,
- oppose,
- undermine,
- hurt,
- contumely,
- subvert,
- check over,
- brush off,
- vary,
- get around,
- discourtesy,
- injure,
- damp,
- befoulment,
- recrudesce,
- conflict,
- assay,
- start out,
- pique,
- wound,
- ill-treat,
- diverge,
- touch,
- officious,
- founder,
- profane,
- brush aside,
- contradiction in terms,
- discount,
- develop,
- drop by the wayside,
- buck,
- busybodied,
- winnow out,
- prison-breaking,
- blackball,
- checkout,
- train,
- weaken,
- torment,
- crossway,
- impinge,
- get to,
- break off,
- split up,
- trouble,
- meddling,
- overstep,
- annihilate,
- excrete,
- ill-usage,
- scandalize,
- scandalization,
- countermine,
- contain,
- nark,
- give out,
- spoil,
- mistreat,
- rile,
- fall by the wayside,
- pass,
- noncompliance,
- neutralise,
- fall in.
- encroachment,
- deviate,
- intrusion,
- breach,
- irritate,
- Infringing,
- invasion,
- contraventions,
- infraction,
- disregard,
- encroaching,
- quit,
- differing,
- contravention,
- eliminate,
- encroach,
- transgress,
- offense,
- disregarding,
- offence,
- offend,
- infringement,
- resist,
- abuse,
- Transgressing,
- Disclaiming,
- break,
- Impugning,
- counteract,
- frustrate,
- disturb,
- conflicting,
- infringe,
- Breaching,
- ignore,
- contradiction,
- trespassing,
- sinning,
- rape,
- interfering,
- depart,
- defy,
- transgression,
- demolish,
- outrage,
- check,
- Defeating,
- violation,
- assault,
- Ignoring,
- disobey,
- violate,
- Committing,
- flout,
- contravene,
- crime,
- thwarting,
- offending,
- disobedience,
- defilement,
- go against,
- refute,
- Abusing,
- trespass,
- Contravener,
- negate,
- destroy,
- Violating,
- Traversing,
- ravish,
- contradict,
- Disobeying.
How to use "Contravening" in context?
When something goes against our expectation, we might say that someone or something has contravened our wishes. To contravene is to go against, breaking or disregarding a rule. Contravention can refer to an action, a rule or even an expectation. When something goes against our expectations, it can be upsetting or bothersome. Sometimes we might even say that someone or something has "gone against us.
Paraphrases for Contravening:
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Verb, gerund or present participle
altering, attacking, breaking, competing, compromising, conflicting, contrasting, countervailing, damaging, diminishing, disregarding, disturbing, encroaching, eroding, failing, impinging, interfering, invading, offending, opposing, prejudice, upsetting, Abusing, Circumventing, Defying, Disobeying, Endangering, Flouting, Harming, Impairing, Infringing, Injuring, Jeopardizing, Ticketing, Transgressing, Committing, Contradicting, Prejudicing, Suppressing, undermining, raping, reneging.
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