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misobservance

misobservance noun: an instance or the practice of not complying with a law, custom, command or rule, or doing so wrongly.

Noun

misobservance (countable and uncountable, plural misobservances)

  1. An instance or the practice of not complying with a law, custom, command or rule, or doing so wrongly.
    • This represents a deliberate misobservance of the rule which permits only one underlying cause to be entered in Part 1.2006, Werner U. Spitz, Daniel J. Spitz, Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death: Guidelines for the ...
    Synonyms:
    malobservance
  2. The custom of not celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.

Synonyms of misobservance

Antonyms

Forms of misobservance

pluralmisobservances

Origin of misobservance

From mis- + observance.

Questions about misobservance

What does misobservance mean?
Misobservance means an instance or the practice of not complying with a law, custom, command or rule, or doing so wrongly.
What part of speech is misobservance?
Misobservance is a noun.
What is the plural of misobservance?
The plural of misobservance is misobservances.

Words near misobservance in the dictionary

  1. misobeys
  2. misoblige
  3. misobliged
  4. misobliges
  5. misobliging
  6. misobservance
  7. misobservances
  8. misobservation
  9. misobservations
  10. misobserve
  11. misobserved

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