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convention

noun
  1. A formal assemblage of the members of a group: assembly, conference, congress, convocation, meeting. See assemble
  2. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together: assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop. Informal: get-together. See collect
  3. A legally binding arrangement between parties: agreement, bond, compact 2, contract, covenant, pact. See agree
  4. A formal, usually written settlement between nations: accord, agreement, concord, pact, treaty. See agree, politics
  5. An accepted way of doing something: form. See usual

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