contravene /ˌkɒn.tɹəˈviːn/ verb2 •To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation.[…] nothing is a commandement, or a commanded dutie but that which if we contravene, it maketh us guilty of sin before God, — 1648 •(no longer used) To deny the truth of something.[…] to make the contravening of Doctrines, to be capitall, before they be fully proved, is prejudiciall to that liberty, without which none can justify himself before God or Man: — 1653 formscontravened · contravening · contravenes