compliance

com·pli·ance

noun \kəm-ˈplī-ən(t)s\

Definition of COMPLIANCE

1

a : the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion b : conformity in fulfilling official requirements

2

: a disposition to yield to others

3

: the ability of an object to yield elastically when a force is applied : flexibility

Examples of COMPLIANCE

1. She was rewarded for her compliance.
2. There has been a low rate of compliance with the new law.

First Known Use of COMPLIANCE

circa 1630

Related to COMPLIANCE

Synonyms: acquiescence, biddability, compliancy, deference, docility, obedience, submissiveness

Antonyms: defiance, disobedience, intractability, recalcitrance

Related Words: amenability, amiability, complaisance, good-naturedness; obsequiousness, servility, slavishness, subservience, subserviency; conformity; cooperativeness, receptiveness, receptivity; humoring, indulgence; acceptance, assent, consent; capitulation, submission, surrender; affability, amicability, congeniality, cordiality, friendliness, geniality, sociability

Near Antonyms: animosity, antipathy, enmity, hostility, ill will

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Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Rhymes with COMPLIANCE

affiance, nonscience