| English noun: observance | 
| 1. | observance (act) the act of observing; taking a patient look | 
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 | Synonyms | observation, watching | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | look, looking, looking at | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | monitoring, sighting, stargazing | 
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| 2. | observance (event) a formal event performed on a special occasion | 
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 | Samples | A ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor. 
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 | Synonyms | ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | affair, function, occasion, social function, social occasion | 
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 | 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 | 
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| 3. | observance (cognition) the act of noticing or paying attention | 
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 | Samples | He escaped the notice of the police. 
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 | Synonyms | notice, observation | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | attending, attention | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | mind, remark | 
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| 4. | observance (act) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | 
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 | Synonyms | honoring | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | punctilio | 
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 | Antonyms | nonobservance | 
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