nonconformance

Definitions of nonconformance
  1. noun
    failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior
    synonyms: nonconformity
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    types:
    nonobservance
    a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
    type of:
    failure
    an act that fails
  2. noun
    a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
    synonyms: nonconformism, nonconformity
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    type of:
    heresy, heterodoxy, unorthodoxy
    any opinions or doctrines that are different from the official or approved ones
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