misobservance

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English

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Etymology

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From mis- +‎ observance.

Noun

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misobservance (plural misobservances)

  1. The instance or practice of not complying with a law, custom, command or rule.
    • 2006, Werner U. Spitz, Daniel J. Spitz, Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death: Guidelines for the ...[1]:
      This represents a deliberate misobservance of the rule which permits only one underlying cause to be entered in Part 1.
  2. The custom of not celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.

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