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 88 synonyms and 33 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for observance

  • abidance
  • accession
  • acknowledgment
  • acquiescence
  • acquittal
  • acquittance
  • adherence
  • advertence
  • advertency
  • advisement
  • amenities
  • apprehension
  • attendance
  • attention
  • awareness
  • care
  • carrying-out
  • celebration
  • ceremonial
  • ceremony
  • civility
  • cognizance
  • compliance
  • concern
  • conformance
  • conformity
  • consciousness
  • consideration
  • convention
  • custom
  • decorum
  • deference
  • discernment
  • discharge
  • ear
  • etiquette
  • eye
  • fashion
  • fidelity
  • form
  • formality
  • fulfillment
  • graces
  • grasp
  • habit
  • heed
  • heeding
  • honor
  • honoring
  • hyperawareness
  • hyperconsciousness
  • keeping
  • knowledge
  • liturgy
  • manners
  • mark
  • mind
  • mindfulness
  • mores
  • note
  • notice
  • obedience
  • observation
  • perception
  • performance
  • practice
  • practise
  • proprieties
  • protocol
  • recognition
  • regard
  • remark
  • respect
  • rite
  • ritual
  • rule
  • satisfaction
  • service
  • solemnity
  • standard
  • submission
  • surrender
  • thought
  • tradition
  • understanding
  • upholding
  • watch
  • way

Antonyms for observance

  • breach
  • brush-off
  • carelessness
  • challenge
  • contravention
  • defiance
  • delinquency
  • dereliction
  • disregard
  • flouting
  • forgetting
  • heedlessness
  • ignorance
  • ignoring
  • inattention
  • indifference
  • infraction
  • infringement
  • neglect
  • nonobservance
  • obliviousness
  • offence
  • offense
  • overlooking
  • rebellion
  • sin
  • thoughtlessness
  • transgression
  • trespass
  • unawareness
  • unorthodoxy
  • violation
  • wrong

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 121 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to observance, such as: abidance, accession, acknowledgment, acquiescence, acquittal, acquittance, adherence.

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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

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

habitude

keeping


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