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Misobservance

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An instance or the practice of not complying with a law, custom, command or rule, or doing so wrongly. countable, uncountable

    "This represents a deliberate misobservance of the rule which permits only one underlying cause to be entered in Part 1."

  2. 2
    The custom of not celebrating a holiday or similar occasion. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From mis- + observance.

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