observance :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

observation, watching

n. the act of observing; taking a patient look

honoring, honouring

n. conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

observation, notice

n. the act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police"

ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion

n. a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"

guard

n. a person who keeps watch over something or someone

alertness, watchfulness, vigilance

n. the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"

surveillance

n. close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)

cognition, knowledge

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

ritual, rite

n. any customary observance or practice

ceremony

n. the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony"

liturgy

n. a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship

rite, religious rite

n. an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism"

ritual

n. the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies

service

n. (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him

service, religious service, divine service

n. the act of public worship following prescribed rules; "the Sunday service"

decorum, decorousness

n. propriety in manners and conduct

etiquette

n. rules governing socially acceptable behavior

propriety, properness, correctitude

n. correct or appropriate behavior

nonobservance

n. a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

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