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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. acting according to certain accepted standards;
- Example: "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices"
[syn: conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance]

2. a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others;
[syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference]

3. the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another;
[syn: submission, compliance]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Compliance \Com*pli"ance\, n. [See Comply.]
   1. The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand,
      or proposal; concession; submission.
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            What compliances will remove dissension? --Swift.
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            Ready compliance with the wishes of his people.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   2. A disposition to yield to others; complaisance.
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            A man of few words and of great compliance.
                                                  --Clarendon.

   Syn: Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance;
        execution; acquiescence; assent.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

compliance
    n 1: acting according to certain accepted standards; "their
         financial statements are in conformity with generally
         accepted accounting practices" [syn: conformity,
         conformation, compliance, abidance] [ant:
         disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance,
         nonconformity]
    2: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
       [syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy,
       obligingness, deference]
    3: the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
       [syn: submission, compliance]