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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers |
| Division (II) Intersocial Volition |
| Section III. Conditional Intersocial Volition |
| 773. Nonobservance. |
| NOUN: | NONOBSERVANCE [See Observance]; evasion, inobservance, failure, omission, neglect, laches [law], casualness, slackness, laxness, laxity, informality. lawlessness; disobedience [See Disobedience]; bad faith [See Improbity]. INFRINGEMENT, infraction; violation, transgression; piracy. RETRACTATION, repudiation, nullification; protest; forfeiture. |
| VERB: | EVADE, fail, neglect, omit, elude, give the go-by to [slang], cut [colloq.], set aside, ignore; shut -, close- one’s eyes to. INFRINGE, transgress, violate, pirate, break, trample under foot, do violence to, drive a coach and four (or six) through. DISCARD, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught, nullify, declare null and void; cancel (wipe off) [See Obliteration]. RETRACT, go back from, be off, forfeit, go from one’s word, palter; stretch a point, strain a point. |
| ADJECTIVE: | VIOLATING &c. v.; lawless, transgressive; elusive, evasive, slack, lax, casual, slippery; nonobservant. unfilfilled &c. (see fulfill [See Observance]). |
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