Challenge
Violate
Violate verb - To fail to keep.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The Radical Republicans knew Johnson would see this as a challenge to his authority, and violate it just to see what happened.
Source: Useful Notes / Andrew Johnson -
Jesus is asked to choose between imposing the death penalty by stoning for adultery (which would challenge the laws of the Roman empire at the time) or showing mercy (which would violate the letter of the Law of Moses).
Source: To Be Lawful or Good
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