Entry Word: compliance

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a readiness or willingness to yield to the wishes of others <a strong-willed pop star who is not known for her compliance>

Synonyms compliancy, deference, docility, obedience, submissiveness

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

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

Antonyms defiance, disobedience, intractability, recalcitrance

2 a bending to the authority or control of another <we appreciate your compliance with our wishes in this matter> — see obedience 1