contravention

contravene | Business English

contravene
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /ˌkɒntrəˈviːn/us
to not obey a rule or law, or to not do what you promised:
The toy manufacturer contravened safety codes by using toxic paints on its dolls.

Examples of contravene

contravene
In such instances, the issues were clear : should a man live with another man's wife, he had contravened customary law.
The pursuit of sensual pleasures was not to contravene the proper exercise of dharma.
Further, it is misleading to imply that this contravened the beliefs of the founders.
The conclusion that heap allocation is about as cheap as stack allocation, when all effects including cache locality are counted, certainly contravenes the conventional wisdom.
One example of this might be a convention that contravenes the human rights of some members of the community.
The courts found, however, that the age limit did not contravene the constitutional principle of equality.
Unfortunately, this absence results in claims that have little or no grounding in data, often contravened by facts that are biological certainties.
As what is known must be true, a situation in which a player actually receives 'knowledge contravening' information is not possible.
When, in contrast, the same problems contravene beliefs, both high and low ability subjects perform remarkably well.
Her use of even draws our attention to some expectation that will be contravened.
This portrayal contravenes the suggestion that the fallen woman is both a violation of nature and immediately identifiable.
Although by the 1970s incidents of young men contravening the taboo were fairly common, the prohibition was generally still strong.
Accordingly, aid to ' assimilated ' detainees did not contravene the purposes of the blockade.
Obviously, the few who might desire better incomes for their women relatives are unable to contravene established rules of gender segregation.
As the title suggests, she hypothesizes a process of desubjectivization, which contravenes the path of change posited by the other contributors.
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