mindmap root((习惯)) habit implies a doing unconsciously or without premeditation and often compulsively: his ~ of constantly tapping his fingers. habitude suggests a fixed attitude or usual state of mind: greeted her friends warmly from ~. practice suggests an act or method followed with regularity and usually through choice: our ~ is to honor all major credit cards. usage suggests a customary action so generally followed that it has become a social norm: western-style dress is now common ~ in international business. custom applies to a practice or usage so steadily associated with an individual or group as to have almost the force of unwritten law: the ~ of mourners wearing black at funerals. use stresses the fact of customary usage and its distinctive quality: conform to the ~s of polite society. wont applies to an habitual manner, method, or practice distinguishing an individual or group: as was her ~, she slept until noon.