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| Main Entry: | observance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attention to, knowledge of something |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, acquittal, adherence, awareness, celebration, cognizance, compliance, discharge, fidelity, fulfillment, heed, keeping, mark, mind, note, notice, obedience, observation, performance, regard, remark, satisfaction, acquittance, carrying out, heeding, honoring |
| Notes: | observance refers to the following of a custom, duty, or law; observation refers to the act of noticing or recording |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, neglect, thoughtlessness, heedlessness |
| Main Entry: | observance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony, rite |
| Synonyms: | celebration, ceremonial, custom, fashion, form, formality, liturgy, performance, practice, ritual, rule, service, tradition |
| Antonyms: | unorthodoxy |
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| Main Entry: | observance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
as good as one's word, faithful, honorable, literal, loyal, observant, punctilious, punctual, true, true as the dial of the sun, true as the needle to the pole
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| Main Entry: | behavior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner of conducting oneself |
| Synonyms: | act, action, address, air, attitude, bag*, bearing, carriage, code, comportment, conduct, convention, course, dealings, decency, decorum, deed, delivery, demeanor, deportment, ethics, etiquette, expression, form, front, guise, habits, management, mien, mode, morals, nature, observance, performance, practice, presence, propriety, ritual, role, routine, savoir-faire, seemliness, social graces, speech, style, tact, talk, taste, tenue, tone, way, way of life, ways, what's done |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | celebration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commemoration of occasion, achievement |
| Synonyms: | anniversary, bash*, birthday, blast*, blowout*, carousal, ceremony, conviviality, festival, festivity, fete, frolic, gaiety, gala, glorification, hilarity, hoopla, hullabaloo*, jubilation, keeping, merriment, merrymaking, observance, party, performance, recognition, remembrance, revelry, saturnalia, spree, triumph, honoring, jollification, joviality, jubilee, magnification, memorialization, solemnization, wingding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cognizance/cognition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | understanding |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, apprehension, attention, awareness, comprehension, discernment, insight, intelligence, knowledge, mind, need, note, notice, observance, observation, perception, reasoning, recognition, regard, percipience |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, misunderstanding |
| Main Entry: | compliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, assent, complaisance, concession, concurrence, conformity, consent, deference, obedience, observance, resignation, submission, yielding, amenability, docility, passivity, submissiveness, tractability |
| Antonyms: | defiance, denial, disagreement, disobedience, dissension, dissent, fight, nonconformity, refusal, veto |
| Main Entry: | devotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commitment; loyalty |
| Synonyms: | adherence, adoration, affection, allegiance, ardor, attachment, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, earnestness, enthusiasm, faithfulness, fealty, fervor, fidelity, fondness, intensity, love, observance, passion, piety, reverence, sanctity, service, sincerity, spirituality, worship, zeal, devotedness, devotement, devoutness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, carelessness, indifference, neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | ear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attention |
| Synonyms: | appreciation, consideration, discrimination, hearing, heed, mark, mind, note, notice, observance, observation, perception, regard, remark, sensitivity, taste |
| Main Entry: | fair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exposition, carnival |
| Synonyms: | bazaar, celebration, display, exhibit, exhibition, festival, fete, gala, market, observance, occasion, pageant, show, spectacle, centennial, expo |
| Main Entry: | heed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, thought |
| Synonyms: | application, attention, caution, cognizance, concentration, concern, consideration, debate, deliberation, ear*, interest, mark, mind*, note, notice, observance, observation, regard, remark, respect, spotlight*, study, watchfulness, TLC, carefulness, heedfulness, listen up, tender loving care |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, disregard, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness, heedlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | liturgy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worship, ceremony |
| Synonyms: | celebration, ceremonial, form, formality, formula, observance, rite, ritual, sacrament, service, services |
| Main Entry: | lookout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guard; place from which to guard |
| Synonyms: | anchor, beacon, belvedere, case, catbird seat*, citadel, crow's nest, cupola, eagle eye*, hawk, observance, observation, observatory, outlook, overlook, panorama, patrol, post, scene, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, station, surveillance, tip, tower, view, vigil, vigilance, ward, watch, watch person watchtower, watcher, weather eye* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good behavior; submissiveness |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, agreement, compliance, conformity, deference, duty, meekness, observance, respect, reverence, submission, willingness, accordance, conformability, docility, duteousness, dutifulness, manageability, orderliness, quietness, servility, subservience, tameness, tractability |
| Antonyms: | disobedience, misbehavior, mischief, mutiny, rebellion, bad behavior |
| Main Entry: | religion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in divinity; system of beliefs |
| Synonyms: | church, communion, creed, cult, denomination, devotion, doctrine, morality, myth, mythology, observance, orthodoxy, piety, prayer, preference, ritual, sacrifice, sect, spirituality, superstition, theology, veneration, higher power, pietism, religiosity, rites, sanctification, spiritual-mindedness, standards |
| Antonyms: | atheism, disbelief, agnosticism |
| Main Entry: | remark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comment, observation |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, annotation, assertion, attention, back talk, bon mot, cognizance, comeback, commentary, conclusion, consideration, crack*, declaration, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, expression, gloss, heed, illustration, interpretation, mention, mind, note, notice, obiter dictum, observance, opinion, point, recognition, reflection, regard, saying, statement, talk, thought, two cents' worth, utterance, wisecrack, witticism, word |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony, tradition |
| Synonyms: | act, celebration, ceremonial, communion, custom, form, formality, liturgy, observance, occasion, ordinance, practice, procedure, ritual, sacrament, service, solemnity |
| Main Entry: | ritual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony, tradition |
| Synonyms: | act, ceremonial, communion, convention, custom, form, formality, habit, liturgy, observance, ordinance, practice, prescription, procedure, protocol, red tape*, rite, routine, sacrament, service, solemnity, stereotype, usage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sacrament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rite |
| Synonyms: | baptism, celebration, ceremony, communion, confession, confirmation, custom, holy orders, liturgy, marriage, matrimony, oath, observance, practice, ritual, service, vow |
| Main Entry: | vigil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | watch |
| Synonyms: | attention, awareness, duty, eagle eye*, guard, lookout, notice, observance, observation, patrol, surveillance, vigilance, watchfulness, monitoring, nightwatch, stake-out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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