CEREMONY

n. 1 rite, observance, solemnity, service, ceremonial, ritual, formality, function; obsequies I had to attend my grandmother's funeral ceremony and was absent from school 2 motions, formalities or formality, conventions or convention, niceties, proprieties, form, protocol; lip-service, appearances, pro formas, etiquette, decorum Going through the ceremony is all they want - they don't care what you believe Please sign even if only for ceremony's sake.