observance

The word “observance” has 3 syllables: ob-ser-vance

It's pronounced as /əbˈzɜːr.vəns/


What is synonym and antonym for observance?

In the thesaurus, “observance” has 16 synonyms and 9 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for observance along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for observance

  • acknowledgment
  • adherence
  • attention
  • awareness
  • celebration
  • ceremonial
  • ceremony
  • compliance
  • conformity
  • fulfillment
  • liturgy
  • mindfulness
  • observation
  • rite
  • ritual
  • tradition

Antonyms for observance

  • breach
  • contravention
  • disregard
  • infraction
  • infringement
  • neglect
  • transgression
  • trespass
  • violation

Meanings of observance

  • noun
    1. The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.
    2. The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.
    3. Observation or the act of watching.
    4. A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church.
    5. That which is to be observed.
    6. Reverence; homage.

Example Sentences

  • The religious observance of fasting during Ramadan is an important tradition for Muslims.
  • The observance of traffic laws is crucial for ensuring road safety.
  • The company's policy requires strict observance of deadlines for project completion.
  • The annual observance of Memorial Day honors the sacrifices of fallen soldiers.
  • The cultural observance of Lunar New Year is celebrated with family gatherings and traditional customs.

On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to observance, such as: acknowledgment, adherence, attention, awareness, breach, celebration, ceremonial.

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Related Words

abidance

  • accession
  • acquiescence
  • adherence
  • attendance
  • attention
  • ceaselessness
  • compliance
  • conformance
  • conformity
  • continuance
  • continuation
  • continuity
  • continuousness
  • deference
  • drawing out
  • durability
  • duration
  • elongation
  • endurance
  • enduringness
  • extension
  • heed
  • honor
  • keeping
  • lengthening
  • notice
  • obedience
  • observance
  • observation
  • permanence
  • persistence
  • prolongation
  • prolonging
  • regard
  • respect
  • stretching
  • submission
  • subsistence
  • surrender
  • survival
  • upholding

abidances

  • accessions
  • acquiescences
  • adherences
  • attendances
  • attentions
  • compliances
  • conformances
  • conformities
  • continuances
  • continuations
  • continuities
  • deferences
  • durabilities
  • durations
  • elongations
  • endurances
  • extensions
  • heeds
  • honors
  • notices
  • obediences
  • observances
  • observations
  • permanences
  • persistences
  • prolongations
  • regards
  • respects
  • submissions
  • subsistences
  • surrenders
  • survivals

ear

  • advertence
  • advertency
  • advisement
  • appreciation
  • apprehension
  • attention
  • awareness
  • care
  • cognizance
  • concern
  • consciousness
  • consideration
  • discernment
  • discrimination
  • eye
  • grasp
  • hearing
  • heed
  • hyperawareness
  • hyperconsciousness
  • knowledge
  • mark
  • mind
  • mindfulness
  • note
  • notice
  • observance
  • observation
  • perception
  • recognition
  • regard
  • remark
  • sensitivity
  • taste
  • thought
  • understanding
  • watch

habits

  • accouters
  • accoutres
  • act
  • action
  • addictions
  • address
  • affectations
  • air
  • airs
  • alcoholisms
  • anatomies
  • apparels
  • arrays
  • attires
  • attitude
  • attributes
  • bag
  • bags
  • bearing
  • bedecks
  • bedights
  • behavior
  • beliefs
  • bents
  • breeding
  • builds
  • caparisons
  • carriage
  • characteristics
  • civility
  • cloaks
  • clothes
  • code
  • comportment
  • conduct
  • constitutions
  • convenance
  • convention
  • conventions
  • correctitude
  • correctness
  • costumes
  • course
  • courtliness
  • culture
  • customs
  • dealings
  • decency
  • decorum
  • deed
  • delivery
  • demeanor
  • dependances
  • dependences
  • deportment
  • deportments
  • dignity
  • dispositions
  • does up
  • dogmas
  • drapes
  • dresses
  • dresses down
  • dresses up
  • drills
  • eccentricities
  • enrobes
  • enswathes
  • equips
  • ethic
  • ethics
  • etiquette
  • expression
  • fashions
  • figures
  • form
  • formality
  • forms
  • frames
  • frocks
  • front
  • furnishes
  • garbs
  • garments
  • gentility
  • gets up
  • good grace
  • gowns
  • gravity
  • grooves
  • guise
  • habilitates
  • habituations
  • habitudes
  • haps
  • heroinisms
  • huddles
  • ideals
  • ideology
  • inclinations
  • integrity
  • invests
  • jackets
  • jog trots
  • joneses
  • kinks
  • management
  • manners
  • mantles
  • marks
  • mentality
  • mien
  • mind
  • mindset
  • mode
  • modes
  • monkeys
  • morality
  • morals
  • mores
  • morphinisms
  • nature
  • observance
  • oddities
  • order
  • orderliness
  • outfits
  • patterns
  • peculiarities
  • performance
  • physiques
  • policies
  • politeness
  • politesse
  • poses
  • practice
  • practices
  • practises
  • presence
  • principles
  • proclivities
  • properness
  • propriety
  • protocol
  • psyche
  • psychology
  • punctilio
  • quirks
  • regimens
  • regimes
  • respectability
  • ritual
  • rituals
  • robes
  • role
  • rotes
  • routine
  • routines
  • ruts
  • savoir-faire
  • scruples
  • seemliness
  • sets
  • shapes
  • singularities
  • social graces
  • speech
  • spirit
  • structures
  • style
  • style of living
  • styles
  • suits
  • swaddles
  • swathes
  • tact
  • tailors
  • talk
  • taste
  • tendencies
  • tenors
  • tenue
  • tics
  • toilets
  • tolerances
  • tone
  • traits
  • tricks
  • turns
  • underdresses
  • uniforms
  • usage
  • usages
  • uses
  • values
  • vests
  • vestures
  • way
  • way of acting
  • way of life
  • ways
  • wonts
  • wraps

habitude

  • addiction
  • affectation
  • affection
  • affinity
  • airs
  • appetite
  • aptitude
  • attribute
  • bag
  • beaten path
  • bent
  • bias
  • bone
  • characteristic
  • consuetude
  • convention
  • custom
  • daily grind
  • deportment
  • devices
  • disposition
  • drill
  • eccentricity
  • endowment
  • faculty
  • fancy
  • fashion
  • favor
  • flair
  • fondness
  • form
  • forte
  • genius
  • gift
  • grind
  • groove
  • habit
  • hang-up
  • idiosyncrasy
  • impulse
  • inclination
  • into
  • jog trot
  • kink
  • knack
  • leaning
  • like
  • liking
  • manner
  • manners
  • mark
  • matter of course
  • mode
  • mores
  • observance
  • oddity
  • one-sidedness
  • partiality
  • partisanship
  • pattern
  • peculiarity
  • penchant
  • pose
  • practice
  • practise
  • praxis
  • precedent
  • predilection
  • predisposition
  • preference
  • prejudice
  • procedure
  • proclivity
  • propensity
  • proprieties
  • quirk
  • regime
  • regimen
  • ritual
  • rote
  • routine
  • rule
  • rut
  • second nature
  • set
  • shot
  • singularity
  • speciality
  • specialty
  • style
  • talent
  • taste
  • tendency
  • tenor
  • tic
  • trait
  • trick
  • turn
  • usage
  • use
  • way
  • wont

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