observance

Noun
  1. The act of observing;
    Taking a patient look (synset 100881437)
    is a type of: look, looking, looking at - the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
    subtypes:
    • monitoring - the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it)
    • sighting - the act of observing
    • stargazing - observation of the stars
    same as: observation, watching
  2. A formal event performed on a special occasion (synset 107465442)
    "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
    is a type of: affair, function, occasion, social function, social occasion - a vaguely specified social event
    subtypes:
    • circumstance - formal ceremony about important occasions
    • funeral, obsequy - a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
    • hymeneals, nuptials, wedding, wedding ceremony - the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
    • pageant, pageantry - a rich and spectacular ceremony
    • dedication - a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose
    • opening - a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
    • commemoration, memorialisation, memorialization - a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
    • military ceremony - a formal ceremony performed by military personnel
    • induction, initiation, installation - a formal entry into an organization or position or office
    • exercise - (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches
    • fire walking - the ceremony of walking barefoot over hot stones or a bed of embers
    • formalities, formality - a requirement of etiquette or custom
    • maundy - a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money
    • potlatch - a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)
    same as: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony
  3. The act of noticing or paying attention (synset 105711376)
    "he escaped the notice of the police"
    is a type of: attending, attention - the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
    subtypes:
    same as: notice, observation
  4. Conformity with law or custom or practice etc. (synset 101206909)
    is a type of: abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity - acting according to certain accepted standards
    subtypes: punctilio - strict observance of formalities
    same as: honoring

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