compliancy

com·pli·an·cy

noun \-ən(t)-sē\

Definition of COMPLIANCY

: compliance

Examples of COMPLIANCY

1. <a husband who apparently doesn't know that the days of wifely compliancy are over>

First Known Use of COMPLIANCY

1643

Related to COMPLIANCY

Synonyms: acquiescence, biddability, compliance, 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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