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misobservances

misobservances is the plural of misobservance.

Meaning of misobservance

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.

Questions about misobservances

What is misobservances the plural of?
Misobservances is the plural of misobservance.

Words near misobservances in the dictionary

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

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