/non'keuhn fawr"mi tee/ , n.
1. failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
2. lack of conformity or agreement.
3. ( often cap. ) refusal to conform to the Church of England.
4. Geol. an unconformity that separates crystalline rocks, either igneous or metamorphic, from sedimentary rocks.
[ 1610-20; NON- + CONFORMITY ]