nonobservance
Failure to follow
Nonobservance is failure to follow a rule, custom, or practice.
Where observance means keeping to requirements—religious observance, observance of a treaty—nonobservance is the neglect or violation of them: The contract was voided due to nonobservance of its terms.
The word is formal and appears mainly in legal or institutional contexts.
Failure to exercise care
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- inattentionLack of focus
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
laxity · remissness · heedlessness · unmindfulness · carelessness · slackness · inadvertence · irresponsibility
Breaking of agreement
- infringementViolation of rights
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- infractionMinor rule breach
- contraventionAct violating a rule
breaking · disrespect · flouting · ignoring · bypassing · circumvention · evasion · default
Failure to follow requirements
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
contumacy · rebelliousness · dissent · opposition · willfulness · obstinacy · intractability · noncooperation
Disregard for what's honored
- impietyIrreverence toward the divine
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
desecration · apostasy · heresy · secularism · godlessness · lapsed · backsliding · unfaithfulness
Lack of success
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- overlookingFailing to see or consider
- forgettingFailing to retain memories
exclusion · lapse · slip · gap · nonperformance · nonfeasance · default · nonattendance
negligence
Failure to exercise care
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- inattentionLack of focus
oversight · laxity · remissness · heedlessness · unmindfulness · carelessness · slackness · inadvertence · irresponsibility · forgetfulness
breach
Breaking of agreement
- infringementViolation of rights
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- infractionMinor rule breach
contravention · breaking · disrespect · flouting · ignoring · bypassing · circumvention · evasion · default · nonfulfillment
noncompliance
Failure to follow requirements
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
recalcitrance · contumacy · rebelliousness · dissent · opposition · willfulness · obstinacy · intractability · noncooperation · refusal
irreverence
Disregard for what's honored
- impietyIrreverence toward the divine
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
profanity · desecration · apostasy · heresy · secularism · godlessness · lapsed · backsliding · unfaithfulness
failure
Lack of success
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- overlookingFailing to see or consider
forgetting · exclusion · lapse · slip · gap · nonperformance · nonfeasance · default · nonattendance · absence
nonobservanceobservance
Keeping of customs
compliance · adherence · conformity · obedience · honoring
nonobservanceobservance
Keeping of customs
celebration · commemoration · keeping · honoring · worship