nonobservance

nonobservance
n
1. inattention, inattentiveness, heedlessness; thoughtlessness, inconsiderateness, lack of consideration; inadvertence, distraction, detachment, absent-mindedness; bemusement, absorption, self-absorption, engrossment, preoccupation, woolgathering, daydreaming, Inf. castle-building.
2. disobedience, unruliness, insubordination, contumacy, obstinacy; infraction, infringement, violation, breach; trespass, transgression; resistance, revolt, insurgence, insurrection, rebellion, mutiny, mutinousness; outbreak, uprising, sedition, treason.
3. nonconformity, nonconformance, nonconven-tionality, unconventionality, Bohemianism, Inf. hippiness, originality, uniqueness; unorthodoxy, sectarianism, secularism, heresy, misbelief, iconoclasm, atheism.
4. nonfulfillment, nonperformance, noncompliance, disregard, failure, omission, oversight; negligence, neglect, neglectfulness; carelessness, laxity, laxness, laziness; remissness, dereliction, dereliction of duty.
5. nonpayment, default, delinquency, welshing; insolvency, bankruptcy, failure to pay up, Sl. failure to cough or ante up.
6. evasion, Inf. the run-around, avoidance; elusion, shunning, dodge, side-step, shirking, retreat; nonat-tendance, truancy, hooky, French leave, cut, absence without leave, Mil.A.W.O.L.
7. faithlessness, infidelity, inconstancy; falsity, disloyalty, Punic faith, violation of vows, breach of promise.

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