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nounmisobservance (countable and uncountable, plural misobservances)
plural misobservances
- countableuncountableAn instance or the practice of not complying with a law, custom, command or rule, or doing so wrongly.
This represents a deliberate misobservance of the rule which permits only one underlying cause to be entered in Part 1.
2006, Werner U. Spitz, Daniel J. Spitz, Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death: Guidelines for the ...Synonyms: malobservance
- countableuncountableThe custom of not celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.
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nounAn instance or the practice of not complying with a law, custom, command or rule, or doing so wrongly.
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misobservance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misobservance
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“misobservance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misobservance. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misobservance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misobservance.
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