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observation

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observation
noun
1 she was brought into hospital for observation | detailed observation of the animal's behaviour:
watching, monitoring, scrutiny, examination, inspection, scrutinization, viewing, survey, surveillance, surveying, attention, consideration, study, review.
2 his observations were concise and to the point | record all your observations carefully:
remark, comment, statement, utterance, pronouncement, declaration;
opinion, impression, thought, feeling, reflection;
finding, result;
note, annotation;
Law obiter dictum.
3 the observation of the law:
observance, adherence to, compliance with, keeping, conformity to, obeying, heeding, obedience to, fulfilment of, following, honouring, accordance with, respect for, acquiescence in;
archaic abidance by.
observation Oxford Dictionary of English