Definition:
- (v. i.) The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.
- (v. i.) General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.
- (v. i.) A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical.
- (v. i.) An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II.
- (v. i.) An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments.
Compare convention with other words:
convention vs. habit
belief vs. convention
convention vs. conviction
compact vs. convention
contention vs. convention
convention vs. stereotype
convention vs. protocol
convention vs. conventionalism
convention vs. state
convention vs. low
convention vs. policy
convention vs. symposium
convection vs. convention
convention vs. culture
convention vs. practice
convention vs. routine
convention vs. mobile
congress vs. convention
convention vs. custom
convention vs. theme
convention vs. tradition
convention vs. conventionality
accord vs. convention
conference vs. convention
convention vs. punctilious
convenience vs. convention
civility vs. convention
convene vs. convention
convention vs. escapade
convention vs. decorum
convention vs. liberty
convention vs. unconventional
convention vs. indices
convention vs. subvert
convention vs. swag
convention vs. junta
convention vs. morality
conventicle vs. convention
convent vs. convention
convenient vs. convention
convener vs. convention
convention vs. conventionalize
behaviour vs. convention
convention vs. method
convention vs. principle
convention vs. pact
contract vs. convention
assembly vs. convention
convention vs. gathering
convention vs. meeting
convention vs. conventional
convention vs. covenant
agreement vs. convention
convention vs. treaty