Synonyms of the word

observance

• n. The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.
• n. The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.
• n. Observation or the act of watching.
• n. (religion) A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church.

abidance

• n. The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling.
• n. Adherence; compliance; conformity.

affair

• n. That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional,…
• n. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
• n. (military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
• n. A material object (vaguely designated).
• n. An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur).
• n. A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
• n. (slang, now rare) The (male or female) genitals.

attending

• adj. That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant.
• adj. Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
• n. (US) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's…
• v. present participle of attend.

attention

• n. (uncountable) Mental focus.
• n. (countable) An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially…
• n. (uncountable, military) A state of alertness in the standing position.
• interj. (military) Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.

ceremonial

• adj. Of, relating to, or used in a ceremony; ritual or formal.
• adj. (archaic) Observant of forms; ceremonious.
• n. A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual.

ceremony

• n. A ritual with religious significance.
• n. An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
• n. A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks.
• n. (obsolete) An omen or portent.

compliance

• n. An act of complying.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being compliant.
• n. (uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
• n. (mechanics) A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility.
• n. (medicine) The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan.
• n. (uncountable, business) the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied…

conformation

• n. The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
• n. The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form;…
• n. (chemistry) The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a…

conformity

• n. State of things being similar or identical.
• n. A point of resemblance; a similarity.
• n. State of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
• n. The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.

function

• n. What something does or is used for.
• n. A professional or official position.
• n. An official or social occasion.
• n. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
• n. (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of…
• n. (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
• n. (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
• n. (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
• n. (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
• v. (intransitive) to have a function.
• v. (intransitive) to carry on a function; to be in action.

honoring

• v. present participle of honor.

look

• v. (intransitive, often with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
• v. To appear, to seem.
• v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
• v. (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
• v. To face or present a view.
• v. To expect or anticipate.
• v. (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
• v. (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
• v. (dated, sometimes figuratively) To show oneself in looking.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To expect.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
• v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
• interj. Pay attention.
• n. The action of looking, an attempt to see.
• n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
• n. A facial expression.

looking

• v. present participle of look.
• n. The act of one who looks; a glance.
• n. (obsolete) The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance.

notice

• n. (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
• n. (countable) A written or printed announcement.
• n. (countable) A formal notification or warning.
• n. (chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee…
• n. (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
• n. (uncountable) Prior notification.
• n. (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
• v. (transitive) To acknowledge the presence of; observe.
• v. (transitive) To detect; to perceive with the mind.

observation

• n. The act of observing, and the fact of being observed.
• n. The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.
• n. A remark or comment.
• n. A judgement based on observing.
• n. Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.

occasion

• n. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
• n. The time when something happens.
• n. An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
• n. Something which causes something else; a cause.
• n. (obsolete) An occurrence or incident.
• n. A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
• n. Need; requirement, necessity.
• n. A special event or function.
• n. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
• v. (transitive) To cause; to produce; to induce.

watching

• v. present participle of watch.
• n. The act of one who watches.