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