n. | 1. | The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; - usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; |
2. | An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom. | |
3. | Servile attention; sycophancy. |
Noun | 1. | observance - the act of observing; taking a patient look Synonyms: watching, observation |
2. | observance - a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor" | |
3. | observance - the act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police" Synonyms: notice, observation | |
4. | observance - conformity with law or custom or practice etc. Synonyms: honoring Antonyms: nonobservance - a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc. |