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contraventions

contraventions is the plural of contravention.

Meaning of contravention

Noun

contravention (countable and uncountable, plural contraventions)

  1. The act of contravening (a rule, regulation, law, or order) or of not fulfilling (an obligation, promise, or agreement).
    • Their contravention of the treaty increased international tensions.

Questions about contraventions

What is contraventions the plural of?
Contraventions is the plural of contravention.

Words near contraventions in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contraventions (page history and authors); contravention (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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