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Meaning of convention

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  convention
      n 1: a large formal assembly; "political 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" [syn:
         {convention}, {normal}, {pattern}, {rule}, {formula}]
      3: (diplomacy) an international agreement
      4: orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional [syn:
         {conventionality}, {convention}, {conventionalism}] [ant:
         {unconventionality}]
      5: the act of convening [syn: {convention}, {convening}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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