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contraventional

contraventional adjective: that contravenes.

Adjective

contraventional (not comparable)

  1. That contravenes
  2. Relating to a contravention

Origin of contraventional

From contravention + -al.

Questions about contraventional

What does contraventional mean?
Contraventional means that contravenes.
What part of speech is contraventional?
Contraventional is an adjective.

Words near contraventional in the dictionary

  1. contraveners
  2. contravenes
  3. contravening
  4. contraveningly
  5. contravention
  6. contraventional
  7. contraventions
  8. contraversial
  9. contraversion
  10. contraversions
  11. contraversive

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