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[ verb ] fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

Synonyms

violate break

Examples

"He violated the agreement to stay away from his ex-wife" "You are breaking the law!"

Used in print

(Kenneth Underwood and Elden Jacobsen, "Probing the...)

Racial discrimination is wrong , then , not because it goes_against the grain of a faculty_member trying to converse with a_few realtors but because it goes_against the grain of creation and against the will of the Creator .

Racial discrimination is wrong , then , not because it goes_against the grain of a faculty_member trying to converse with a_few realtors but because it goes_against the grain of creation and against the will of the Creator .

2
[ verb ] act in disregard of laws and rules

Examples

"offend all laws of humanity" "violate the basic laws or human civilization" "break a law"

3
[ verb ] resist

Synonyms

buck

Examples

"buck the trend"

Related terms

react

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