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1. A large formal assembly
   "political convention"
    
2. Something regarded as a normative example
   "the convention of not naming the main character";
   - normal, pattern, rule, formula
    
3. (diplomacy) an international agreement
    
4. Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
   - conventionality, conventionalism
    
5. The act of convening
   - convening

Derived forms: conventions

See also: conventional, unconventional

Type of: accord, assemblage, assembly, gathering, group meeting, meeting, orthodoxy, pact, practice, treaty

Encyclopedia: Convention