convention

Noun

• the act of convening

• orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

• (diplomacy) an international agreement

• something regarded as a normative example
  • the convention of not naming the main character
    
  • violence is the rule not the exception
    
  • his formula for impressing visitors
    

• a large formal assembly
  • political convention
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  convening , conventionality , conventionalism , normal , pattern , rule , formula