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NONOBSERVANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonobservance mean?
• NONOBSERVANCE (noun)
The noun NONOBSERVANCE has 1 sense:
1. a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
Familiarity information: NONOBSERVANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("nonobservance" is a kind of...):
nonconformance; nonconformity (failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior)
Antonym:
observance (conformity with law or custom or practice etc.)
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