Synonyms: celebration, festivity
Definition: any joyous diversion
Similar words: diversion, recreation
Definition: an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
Usage: scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists; for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles; drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation
Synonyms: solemnisation, solemnization, celebration
Definition: the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual
Usage: the celebration of marriage
Similar words: ritual
Definition: the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
Synonyms: jubilation, celebration
Definition: a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event
Similar words: social function, social occasion, occasion, affair, function
Definition: a vaguely specified social event
Usage: the party was quite an affair; an occasion arranged to honor the president; a seemingly endless round of social functions