n. 25B6; noun
social conventions : CUSTOM, usage, practice, tradition, way, habit, norm; rule, code, canon, punctilio; propriety, etiquette, protocol; formal praxis; ( conventions ) mores.
a convention signed by 74 countries : AGREEMENT, accord, protocol, compact, pact, treaty, concordat, entente; contract, bargain, deal.
the party's biennial convention : CONFERENCE, meeting, congress, assembly, gathering, summit, convocation, synod, conclave.