a harmful act or a transgression against the moral code of a group When a person does something that is contrary to the moral code he has agreed to, or when he omits to do something that he should have done per that moral code, he has committed an overt An overt violates what was agreed upon An overt can be intentional or unintentional
An overt action or attitude is done or shown in an open and obvious way. Although there is no overt hostility, black and white students do not mix much. = open + overtly overt·ly He's written a few overtly political lyrics over the years. = openly. overt actions are done publicly, without trying to hide anything covert (past participle of ovrir )
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Definition of overtly in Turkish English dictionary