misobservance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instance or the practice of not complying with a law, custom, command or rule, or doing so wrongly.
  2. The custom of not celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.

Word forms

misobservance misobservances

Etymology

From mis- + observance.

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