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Contravene (Verb)

Go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules".

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

The policy contravenes the principles of fairness and equality.
Her actions clearly contravene the Code of Conduct of the organization.
The proposed law would contravene the country's existing international agreements.
By not paying taxes, the company contravenes the tax laws of the country.
The court ruled that the new regulation contravenes the constitutional right to freedom of speech.

Deny the truth of.

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Their words and actions consistently contravene the fact that they claim to care about the environment.
The research contradicts the politicians' statements, and this data cannot contravene the known facts about climate change.
Statistics on the subject directly contravene their statement that crime rates have been decreasing over the last decade.
Their claims on natural healing methods fundamentally contravene established medical knowledge and proven facts.
That information directly contravene the claims the activist organization had previously presented about government regulations.