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convention

the act of convening

something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"

(diplomacy) an international agreement

a large formal assembly; "political convention"

Synonyms:

• Council of Nicaea,
• Council of Trent,
• Lateran Council,
• NATO,
• SEATO,
• Vatican Council,
• accord,
• agreement,
• alliance,
• amenities,
• arrangement,
• assemblee,
• assembly,
• assignation,
• at home,
• audience,
• ball,
• bargain,
• bargaining,
• bargaining session,
• bienseance,
• binding agreement,
• bon ton,
• bond,
• brawl,
• canon,
• capitulation,
• cartel,
• caucus,
• chapter,
• civilities,
• civility,
• classis,
• code,
• collective agreement,
• colloquium,
• comity,
• commandment,
• commission,
• committee,
• compact,
• conciliarism,
• conclave,
• concord,
• concordat,
• concourse,
• confab,
• confabulation,
• conference,
• conformity,
• confrontation,
• congregation,
• congress,
• consistory,
• consortium,
• constitutional convention,
• consuetude,
• consultation,
• contract,
• convenance,
• conventicle,
• conventional usage,
• conventionalism,
• conventionality,
• convocation,
• correctness,
• council,
• council fire,
• council of war,
• county convention,
• courtliness,
• covenant,
• covenant of salt,
• custom,
• dance,
• date,
• deal,
• decencies,
• decency,
• decorousness,
• decorum,
• dicker,
• dictum,
• diet,
• diocesan conference,
• diplomatic code,
• discussion,
• ecclesiastical council,
• ecumenical council,
• eisteddfod,
• elegance,
• elegancies,
• employment contract,
• entente,
• entente cordiale,
• established way,
• etiquette,
• exchange of views,
• exquisite manners,
• eyeball-to-eyeball encounter,
• fashion,
• festivity,
• fete,
• folkway,
• forgathering,
• form,
• formal agreement,
• formalities,
• formality,
• formula,
• forum,
• gathering,
• general principle,
• get-together,
• golden rule,
• good form,
• good manners,
• guideline,
• guiding principle,
• haute couture,
• high fashion,
• high-level talk,
• housewarming,
• huddle,
• imperative,
• interchange of views,
• international agreement,
• interview,
• ironclad agreement,
• law,
• league,
• legal agreement,
• legal contract,
• levee,
• manner,
• manners,
• maxim,
• meet,
• meeting,
• mitzvah,
• mode,
• moral,
• mores,
• mutual agreement,
• mutual-defense treaty,
• national convention,
• natural politeness,
• negotiations,
• news conference,
• nominating convention,
• nonaggression pact,
• norm,
• observance,
• ordinance,
• pact,
• paction,
• palaver,
• panel,
• parley,
• parochial church council,
• parochial council,
• party,
• plenary council,
• plenum,
• point of etiquette,
• politeness,
• politesse,
• political convention,
• pourparler,
• powwow,
• practice,
• praxis,
• precept,
• preliminary convention,
• presbytery,
• prescription,
• press conference,
• prevailing taste,
• principium,
• principle,
• prom,
• promise,
• proper thing,
• proprieties,
• propriety,
• protocol,
• punctilio,
• quadrennial circus,
• quiet good manners,
• quorum,
• rally,
• reception,
• regulation,
• rendezvous,
• ritual,
• rubric,
• rule,
• rules of conduct,
• seance,
• seemliness,
• seminar,
• session,
• settled principle,
• shindig,
• sit-in,
• sitting,
• social code,
• social conduct,
• social convention,
• social graces,
• social procedures,
• social usage,
• soiree,
• standard,
• standard behavior,
• standard usage,
• standing custom,
• state convention,
• stipulation,
• stream of fashion,
• style,
• summit,
• summit conference,
• summitry,
• swim,
• symposium,
• synod,
• tenet,
• time-honored practice,
• tradition,
• transaction,
• treaty,
• trend,
• turnout,
• understanding,
• union contract,
• usage,
• use,
• valid contract,
• vestry,
• vogue,
• wage contract,
• way,
• what is done,
• wont,
• wonting,
• working principle,
• working rule