Observance
noun
The practice of following rules or customs.
The observance of traffic rules is essential for road safety.
Often appears as...
- observance of rules
- observance of regulations
noun
A traditional or usual ceremony or custom.
Easter and Christmas are religious observances celebrated by Christians.
Often appears as...
- religious observance
- cultural observance
noun
The act of watching carefully and attentively.
Through careful observance, she noticed a rare bird in the garden.
Often appears as...
- careful observance
- close observance
noun
The act of following a law, rule, or custom.
The company failed in the observance of labor laws.
Often appears as...
- observance of law
- strict observance
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Formal
noun
The practice of following rules or customs.
The observance of traffic rules is essential for road safety.
Often appears as...
- observance of rules
- observance of regulations
noun
A traditional or usual ceremony or custom.
Easter and Christmas are religious observances celebrated by Christians.
Often appears as...
- religious observance
- cultural observance
noun
The act of watching carefully and attentively.
Through careful observance, she noticed a rare bird in the garden.
Often appears as...
- careful observance
- close observance
noun
The act of following a law, rule, or custom.
The company failed in the observance of labor laws.
Often appears as...
- observance of law
- strict observance
Usage tips
Formal
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Pro Tip 1/3Rule Following
Refers to consistently applying established guidelines in behavior or actions.
Her observance of company policy impressed her superiors.
Pro Tip 2/3Importance
Often used to stress the importance or necessity of adhering to rules for a desired outcome.
Strict observance of hygiene protocols is vital in hospitals.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation
Implies an expectation that everyone will follow the same standard.
The observance of classroom rules is expected from all students.
Pro Tip 1/3Rule Following
Refers to consistently applying established guidelines in behavior or actions.
Her observance of company policy impressed her superiors.
Pro Tip 2/3Importance
Often used to stress the importance or necessity of adhering to rules for a desired outcome.
Strict observance of hygiene protocols is vital in hospitals.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation
Implies an expectation that everyone will follow the same standard.
The observance of classroom rules is expected from all students.
Pro Tip 1/3Rule Following
Refers to consistently applying established guidelines in behavior or actions.
Her observance of company policy impressed her superiors.
Pro Tip 2/3Importance
Often used to stress the importance or necessity of adhering to rules for a desired outcome.
Strict observance of hygiene protocols is vital in hospitals.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation
Implies an expectation that everyone will follow the same standard.
The observance of classroom rules is expected from all students.
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Storytellers Summit Day...
we do now is so important with this project I hope to create something that generations to come can look upon as a source of history and memory and I've barely even scratched the surface so far mostly exploring spaces of worship of prayer and observance together and in
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Sherwin Nuland: How...
but with obsessional thinking, obsessional thinking about coincidences. And there were particular numbers that every time I saw them, just got me dreadfully upset, all kinds of ritualistic observances
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Storytellers Summit Day...
we do now is so important with this project I hope to create something that generations to come can look upon as a source of history and memory and I've barely even scratched the surface so far mostly exploring spaces of worship of prayer and observance together and in
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Sherwin Nuland: How...
but with obsessional thinking, obsessional thinking about coincidences. And there were particular numbers that every time I saw them, just got me dreadfully upset, all kinds of ritualistic observances
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Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
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George Crabbe
English Poet
To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.
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Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Roman Writer
We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their camps, and unwearied cultivation of the other arts of war.
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Denis Diderot
French Editor
The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
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Brian Ferneyhough
British Composer
I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the path of distorted material left in their wake.
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Fethullah Gulen
Turkish Activist
Regardless of their religious observance, citizens can and should unite around universal human rights and freedoms, and democratically oppose those who violate them.
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Brandon Boyd
American Musician
Being an artist for my well being and as a living, I live in a place of observance and interest in what I consider to be the most relevant questions.
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Calvin Coolidge
American President
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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James Russell Lowell
American Poet
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
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Felix Frankfurter
American Judge
The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.
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Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
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George Crabbe
English Poet
To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.
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Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Roman Writer
We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their camps, and unwearied cultivation of the other arts of war.
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Denis Diderot
French Editor
The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
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Brian Ferneyhough
British Composer
I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the path of distorted material left in their wake.
Quote examples
Fethullah Gulen
Turkish Activist
Regardless of their religious observance, citizens can and should unite around universal human rights and freedoms, and democratically oppose those who violate them.
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Brandon Boyd
American Musician
Being an artist for my well being and as a living, I live in a place of observance and interest in what I consider to be the most relevant questions.
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Calvin Coolidge
American President
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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James Russell Lowell
American Poet
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
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Felix Frankfurter
American Judge
The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.
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