compliant
adjective
com·pli·ant
kəm-ˈplī-ənt 
1
: ready or disposed to comply : submissive
a corrupt regime aided by a compliant press
was compliant and eager to please
2
: conforming to requirements
compliant software
compliantly
adverb
Examples of compliant in a Sentence
I asked him for a favor, and he was compliant.
The student's shirt was not compliant with the school's dress code.
The software is compliant with the latest standards.
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The luxury ship has nine types of guest accommodations, including those compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
That increase in non-compliance likely reflects more providers getting real about their actual progress, as well as non-compliant firms acquiring smaller firms that had been complying.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
Yet this claim conceals the fact that registration is swift for compliant unions but obstructed for independent ones.
—Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Motivated by lawsuits, or the threat of lawsuits, various southern states, including Alabama and Mississippi, have drawn congressional districts to be compliant with the Gingles standard of allowing minority groups to select their preferred candidate.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2025
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Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
That increase in non-compliance likely reflects more providers getting real about their actual progress, as well as non-compliant firms acquiring smaller firms that had been complying.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
Yet this claim conceals the fact that registration is swift for compliant unions but obstructed for independent ones.
—Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Motivated by lawsuits, or the threat of lawsuits, various southern states, including Alabama and Mississippi, have drawn congressional districts to be compliant with the Gingles standard of allowing minority groups to select their preferred candidate.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for compliant
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“Compliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compliant. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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compliant
adjective
com·pli·ant
kəm-ˈplī-ənt
: ready or willing to comply : submissive
compliantly
adverb
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