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nonobservance

Today it means: The failure to observe a custom, or to conform with a law. Full definition →

Middle English non-observaunce

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Middle English · inherited fromnon-observaunce
English todaynonobservance

From Middle English non-observaunce, nonn observance, equivalent to non- (“no”, adjective) + observance.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.