Synonyms for observance
əbˈzɜr vənsob·ser·vance

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1. observance

   Any religious act, especially a public act, viewed as a means of serving God is called a service; the word commonly includes the entire series of exercises of a single occasion of public worship. A religious service ordained as an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace is called a sacrament. Ceremony is a form expressing reverence, or at least respect; we may speak of religious ceremonies, the ceremonies of polite society, the ceremonies of a coronation, an inauguration, etc. An observance has more than a formal obligation, reaching or approaching a religious sacredness; a stated religious observance, viewed as established by authority, is called an ordinance; viewed as an established custom, it is a rite. The terms sacrament and ordinance, in the religious sense, are often used interchangeably; the ordinance derives its sacredness from the authority that ordained it, while the sacrament possesses a sacredness due to something in itself, even when viewed simply as a representation or memorial. The Lord's Supper is the Scriptural name for the observance commemorating the death of Christ; the word communion is once applied to it (1 Cor. x, 16), but not as a distinctive name; at an early period, however, the name communion was so applied, as denoting the communing of Christians with their Lord, or with one another. The term eucharist describes the Lord's Supper as a thanksgiving service; it is also called by preeminence the sacrament, as the ratifying of a solemn vow of consecration to Christ.

   Synonyms:
   ceremony, communion, eucharist, Lord's Supper, ordinance, rite, sacrament, service, solemnity

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1. observance

   Synonyms:
   attention, fulfilment, respect, celebration, performance, ceremony, custom, form, rule, practice

   Antonyms:
   inobservance, inattention, breach, disrespect, disregard, desuetude, disuse, non-performance, informality, ceremoniousness, omission

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1. observation, observance, watchingnoun

   the act of observing; taking a patient look

   Synonyms:
   observation, reflexion, watching, honoring, ceremonial occasion, ceremonial, ceremony, notice, reflection

   Antonyms:
   nonobservance

2. ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observancenoun

   a formal event performed on a special occasion

   "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"

   Synonyms:
   observation, watching, honoring, ceremonial occasion, ceremonial, ceremony, notice

   Antonyms:
   nonobservance

3. notice, observation, observancenoun

   the act of noticing or paying attention

   "he escaped the notice of the police"

   Synonyms:
   ceremony, poster, observation, notification, watching, honoring, posting, placard, ceremonial occasion, ceremonial, bill, notice, reflexion, card, reflection

   Antonyms:
   nonobservance

4. honoring, observancenoun

   conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

   Synonyms:
   observation, watching, honoring, ceremonial occasion, ceremonial, ceremony, notice

   Antonyms:
   nonobservance

Matched Categories

1. • Attention
   • Conformity
   • Look

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1. observancenoun

   Synonyms:
   performance, fulfilment, discharge, acquittal

2. observancenoun

   Synonyms:
   form, ceremony, ceremonial, rite, practice, custom, usage, fashion

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1. List of paraphrases for "observance":

   celebration, respect, commemoration, compliance, adherence, fulfilment, enforcement, solemnization, holding, respecting, observation, implementation, celebrating, observe, honouring

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How to use observance in a sentence?

1. Denis Diderot:

   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.

2. President Harry Truman, Public Papers of the President of the United States: Harry S. Truman - 1951 U.S. Gov. 1966 p1063:

   Democracy is, first and foremost, a spiritual force, it is built upon a spiritual basis - and on a belief in God and an observance of moral principle. And in the long run only the church can provide that basis. Our founder knew this truth - and we will neglect it at our peril.

3. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:

   The need for strict observance of the ceasefire was underlined.

4. Scott Levin:

   Holding an event mocking the Muslim observance of Ramadan, a holy time in the Muslim faith, is highly offensive and abhorrent. As a community, we must reject anti-Muslim bigotry whenever and wherever it surfaces.

5. Calvin Coolidge:

   I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.