nonconformity

nonconformity
non·con·for·mi·ty /ˌnän-kən-'fȯr-mə-tē/ n pl -ties
1: failure to conform to or comply with something (as contract requirements)
acceptance of goods occurs when the buyer...will take or retain them in spite of their nonconformity — Uniform Commercial Code
2: a particular aspect in which something is nonconforming
cannot revoke an acceptance he made with knowledge of a nonconformity — J. J. White and R. S. Summers

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

nonconformity
I noun aberration, abnormality, abnormity, anomalousness, anomaly, apostasy, bizarreness, Bohemianism, change, contrast, defiance, departure, deviation, difference, disagreement, disconformity, disobedience, disparity, dispute, dissent, dissidence, dissimilarity, distinctness, divergence, diverseness, diversity, eccentricity, exception, exceptionality, heresy, heterodoxy, heterogeneity, idiosyncrasy, incongruity, inconsistency, independence, individuality, irregularity, lack of agreement, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonuniformity, objection, originality, otherness, peculiarity, protest, protestation, recusancy, rejection, separateness, separatism, singularity, strangeness, unconformity, unconventionality, uniqueness, unlikeness, unorthodoxness, unorthodoxy, variance, variation, variety, veto II index breach, deviation, difference, disaccord, discrepancy, disparity, dissent (nonconcurrence), dissidence, exception (exclusion), incompatibility (inconsistency), incongruity, inconsistency, inequality, informality, irregularity, noncompliance (nonobservance), quirk (idiosyncrasy), schism

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


nonconformity
n.
An aspect of some object that does not conform to the prevailing standard for objects of that kind.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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