nonobservance

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The IMF said the Executive Board also granted a waiver of nonobservance of a performance criterion on the stock of net international reserves of the Bank of Uganda.

From Reuters • Jan. 17, 2023

The good news is that they have a memo entirely excusing your nonobservance of the statutory notification requirements for transferring the Guantánamo Five to Qatar.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2014

During the War, air law was mostly honored by nonobservance, and civilians in Europe suffered from air raids and bombardments, law or no law.

From Time Magazine Archive

Certain days of the week were designated as "wheatless" or "meatless" when voluntary demi-fasts were to be observed, the nonobservance of which spelled social ostracism.

From Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. by Seymour, Charles

Indeed, that had been the very theory on which the nonobservance of Christmas had been based: the day was to be treated like any other day.

From Christmas A Story by Solon, Leon V. (Leon Victor)