Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- failure to observe a custom, rule, law, or the like; nonobservance: inobservance of the Sabbath.
noun
- heedlessness
- lack of compliance with or adherence to a law, religious duty, etc
1660s, from Latin inobservantem (nominative inobservans) “inattentive, negligent,” from in- “not” (see in- (1)) + observans (see observance).