convention

n. conference; treaty; agreement; routine, custom

Convention parliament: three English Parliaments, of 1399, 1660 and 1689: "A parliament which does not derive its authority or legitimacy from an existing or previously enacted parliamentary action or process".National Convention, of the French RevolutionConvention (meeting), a large meetingAnime conventionConvention center, a large building specifically designed for large meetingsFan conventionFurry conventionGaming conventionPolitical convention Science fiction conventionTattoo conventionConvention (norm), a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted social norms, norms, standards or criteriaNorm (sociology), a rule that is socially enforcedNorm (philosophy), a sort of sentences or sentence meanings Treaty, treaties, international agreements, protocols, covenants, conventions, etc.Convention (bridge), in the game of contract bridgeThe ConventioneersConvention (novel), by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II."The Convention", an episode of the television series The Office.
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Convention nonlegal rules of conduct with respect to other persons generally. In a professional sense means rules of conduct in relation to clients. [more]Convention - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a large formal assembly; "political convention"
(hypernym) meeting
(hyponym) Constitutional Convention
2. 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"
(synonym) normal, pattern, rule, formula
(hypernym) practice
(hyponym) mores
3. (diplomacy) an international agreement
(hypernym) treaty, pact, accord
(hyponym) Chemical Weapons Convention
(classification) diplomacy, diplomatic negotiations
4. orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
(synonym) conventionality, conventionalism
(hypernym) orthodoxy
(hyponym) ossification, conformity
(attribute) conventional
5. the act of convening
(synonym) convening
(hypernym) assembly, assemblage, gathering
(derivation) convene

n. convention, compact