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    [Noun]  | "con*tra*ven*tion" | \ ˌkän-trə-ˈven(t)-shən \


    1: the act of contravening : violation


    Origin: 1579 ;

     Middle French, from Late Latin contravenire{mat|contravene|};

    [Idiom]  | "in contravention of" 


    1: in a way not allowed by (a law, rule, contract, etc.) : in violation of

    [Noun]  | "contravention" 


    1: a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation;


      * e.g., " ... a clandestine weapons program that was a contravention of the international arms agreement "





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