observance

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US /əbˈzɜrvəns/ UK /əbˈzɜːvəns/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the keeping of a law, custom, or ritual

The strict observance of the Sabbath defined their week.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the keeping of a law,... keeping compliance celebration adherence ritual ceremony rite

Opposites

neglect violation breachnonobservance

Word family

Related forms observe observant observation

Etymology

From Old French observance, from Latin observantia ('attention, regard'), from observare ('to watch, heed').

observantia Latin servare Latin

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