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non⋅con⋅form⋅i⋅ty

  [non-kuhn-fawr-mi-tee]
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–noun
1. failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
2. lack of conformity or agreement.
3. (often initial capital letter) refusal to conform to the Church of England.
4. Geology. an unconformity that separates crystalline rocks, either igneous or metamorphic, from sedimentary rocks.
Origin:
1610–20; non- + conformity
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non·con·form·i·ty   (nŏn'kən-fôr'mĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. non·con·form·i·ties
    1. Refusal or failure to conform to accepted standards, conventions, rules, or laws.
    2. An instance of this: a measure aimed at reducing nonconformities to the housing code.
  2. often Nonconformity Refusal to accept or conform to the doctrines, usage, or polity of the Church of England.
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Nonconformity

Non*con*form"i*ty\, n. Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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nonconformity 
1618, coined in Eng., originally of Church of England clergymen who refused to conform on certain ceremonies. Nonconformist is from 1619, in the religious sense; after their ejection under the Act of Uniformity (1662) the name passed to the separate churches they joined or formed. General sense of "one who does not participate in a practice or course of action" is from 1677.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: non·con·for·mi·ty
Pronunciation: "nän-k&n-'for-m&-tE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
1 : failure to conform to or comply with something (as contract requirements) nonconformity —Uniform Commercial Code>
2 : a particular aspect in which something is nonconforming nonconformity —J. J. White and Railroad S. Summers>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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