0 the act of doing something that a law or rule does not allow, or an instance of this: --
By accepting the money, she was in contravention of company regulations.
These are all blatant contraventions of the UN Declaration on Human Rights.
1 an action that is against a law or rule, or that is not what you promised or were expected to do: --
(a) contravention of sth The use of unguarded candles is a contravention of the 1981 Hotels & Boarding House Act.
be in contravention of sth We are trying to understand in what way we may have been in contravention of the law.
Council may serve a contravention notice if the builder fails to submit plans before starting construction work.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Можем да го завършим стъпка по стъпка, колкото и дълъг да е пътят и не може да бъде завършен, колкото и кратък да е пътят, ако дори не маркирате отпечатъка си.