verstoßen — meaning in English

English meaning

• contravene verb To break a rule, law or order that you are supposed to follow.
• disown verb To refuse to acknowledge someone, especially a family member, as belonging to you anymore.
• infringe verb To break a law, an agreement or someone's rights.
• repudiate verb To reject a claim, idea or association firmly and publicly, and to state that you want nothing to do with it.

Senses

verstoßen is used for these senses in English:

• disown (transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
• infringe (transitive) To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.
• repudiate (transitive) To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.

contravene — full definition

1. verb To break a rule, law or order that you are supposed to follow.
2. verb To say that something is not true; to contradict it.

disown — full definition

1. verb To refuse to acknowledge someone, especially a family member, as belonging to you anymore.
2. verb To deny any connection with or responsibility for something.

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