Sentence example with the word 'contravene'

contravene

abjure, break, contradict, disaffirm, disown, exclude, gainsay, infract, intrude, negative, oppose, reject, resist, transgress, trespass

Last update: July 27, 2015


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The impugned provision does not therefore contravene the prohibition of discrimination.   [verb]

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No help, support, or patronage will be given to those groups which directly contravene this equal opportunities policy.   [verb]

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Would you have us contravene the established order of things.   [Please select]

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But "Lear," "Macbeth," "Hamlet," "Oedipus King," "Othello," exist to contravene this view.   [Please select]

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In his whole diplomatic career at Frankfort it was Bismarck's aim to contravene the designs of Austria, having in view the aggrandizement of Prussia as the true head and centre of German nationality.   [Please select]

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_ From what has been said already, it will be plain why I advocate this principle, and how I propose to meet the case of propositions which at first sight contravene it.   [Please select]

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