contravened

Variant of contravene

transitive verb contravened, contravening

  1. to go against; oppose; conflict with; violate: practices contravening an ethical code
  2. to disagree with in argument; contradict

Origin: Fr contrevenir < LL contravenire < L contra, against + venire, to come

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