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English noun: observance | |||
| 1. | observance (act) the act of observing; taking a patient look | ||
| Synonyms | observation, watching | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | look, looking, looking at | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | monitoring, sighting, stargazing | ||
| 2. | observance (event) a formal event performed on a special occasion | ||
| Samples | A ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor. | ||
| Synonyms | ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affair, function, occasion, social function, social occasion | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | circumstance, commemoration, dedication, exercise, fire walking, formalities, formality, funeral, hymeneals, induction, initiation, installation, Maundy, memorialisation, memorialization, military ceremony, nuptials, opening, pageant, pageantry, potlatch, wedding, wedding ceremony | ||
| 3. | observance (cognition) the act of noticing or paying attention | ||
| Samples | He escaped the notice of the police. | ||
| Synonyms | notice, observation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attending, attention | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mind, remark | ||
| 4. | observance (act) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | ||
| Synonyms | honoring | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | punctilio | ||
| Antonyms | nonobservance | ||
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