observance
Synonyms:
(noun) abidance, adherence, compliance, conformance, conformity, heedfulness, keeping, obedience, observation.
Related Words:
(noun) acknowledgment, acquittal, celebration, discharge, fulfillment, heed, liturgy, note, mark, mind, notice, regard, remark, ritual, satisfaction, tradition.
Antonyms:
(noun) breach, contravention, infraction, infringement, nonobservance, transgression, trespass, violation.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English observaunce<Old French <Late Latin observantia,Latin: esteem, attention, derivative of observant- (stem of observāns), present participle of observāre. See observe, -ance. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of observance: 13th century. —Merriam-Webster.
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(noun) abidance, adherence, compliance, conformance, conformity, heedfulness, keeping, obedience, observation.
Related Words:
(noun) acknowledgment, acquittal, celebration, discharge, fulfillment, heed, liturgy, note, mark, mind, notice, regard, remark, ritual, satisfaction, tradition.
Antonyms:
(noun) breach, contravention, infraction, infringement, nonobservance, transgression, trespass, violation.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English observaunce<Old French <Late Latin observantia,Latin: esteem, attention, derivative of observant- (stem of observāns), present participle of observāre. See observe, -ance. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of observance: 13th century. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.