Withstand vs Contravene - What's the difference?
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To resist or endure (something) successfully.
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To oppose (something) forcefully.
To act contrary to an order, or fail to conform to a regulation.
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, date=May 24
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To deny the truth of something.
As verbs the difference between withstand and contravene
is that withstand is to resist or endure (something) successfully while contravene is to act contrary to an order, or fail to conform to a regulation.withstand
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(contraven)citation, page= , passage=Some legal experts argue that the bill contravenes Canada's charter of rights and freedoms. Montreal constitutional lawyer Julius Grey told the Vancouver Sun that Bill 78 was "flagrantly unconstitutional".}}