compliance

Noun

WordNet 3.0

acting according to certain accepted standards“their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices”Synonyms: conformity conformation abidance
a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of othersSynonyms: complaisance compliancy obligingness deference
the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to anotherSynonyms: submission

Compliance \Com*pli"ance\, n. [See Comply.]

1.The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission. [1913 Webster]

What compliances will remove dissension?— Swift.[1913 Webster]

Ready compliance with the wishes of his people.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

2.A disposition to yield to others; complaisance. [1913 Webster]

A man of few words and of great compliance.— Clarendon.

Syn: Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance; execution; acquiescence; assent. [1913 Webster]