observance

n 1: a patient look [syn: {observation}, {watching}]

2: a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony

commemorating Pearl Harbor" [syn: {ceremony}, {ceremonial},

{ceremonial occasion}]

3: the act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the

notice of the police" [syn: {notice}, {observation}]

4: conformity with law or custom or practice etc. [syn: {honoring}]

[ant: {nonobservance}]