COMPLY Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

comply

verb

Definition of comply

as in to acquiesce

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as in to conform

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Recent Examples of comply The owners of the dogs have also been issued a notice to comply for state and town violations regarding containment and control of animals. — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 The only impetus for any transaction is Berg’s need to comply with league rules for his new job. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Cryptographic Context Injection in the house Prompt injections exploit LLMs’ training to comply with user requests whenever possible. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 According to previous Bee reporting, Sims was inside the home when police arrived but would not come out and refused to comply with officers’ commands, police officials said. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comply

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Even absent Chinese aggression, people in Taiwan increasingly identify as Taiwanese and do not seem inclined to repeat Hong Kong’s experience of acquiescing to Chinese rule.

— Eugene Gholz, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2026
Charles ultimately acquiesced rather than face a possible order he be presented by force.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of acquiesce

Verb

Joby has flown its first FAA-conforming aircraft and entered the final stage of type certification.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
The key to it is to give these kids an opportunity in the summer to be with their peers and not have to conform to always having to do hard things.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of conform

Verb

When Queen Elizabeth acceded to the throne in 1952 upon the death of her father, King George VI, Winston Churchill was the British prime minister.

— Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
But while the union asked for voluntary recognition, the company did not accede to that request.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026

Definition of accede

Verb

From there, an investor can elect to defer the gain by purchasing new QSBS with the sale proceeds within 60 days.

— Sharon Olson, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
For instance, medical and veterinary students can get a 36-month grace period and the option to fully defer payments during residency or fellowship.

— Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of defer

Verb

Collecting identifiable records for tens of millions of people in a single database also creates a target for breaches, secondary uses that no one consented to and abuses by current or future administrations with different priorities.

— Jennifer D. Oliva, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026
Real prompt monitoring uses consented consumer panels and observes conversations that actually occurred.

— Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of consent

Verb

Nguyen Thi Quynh Tam, 24, said she was raped on July 5 and pressured by the man's family to accept money and not go to police.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
After rigorous vetting, companies accepted into the Program will be authorized to conduct two types of cyber operations under the contract and direction of the Departments of Justice or Homeland Security.

— Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of accept

Verb

For those not yet subscribed, either DirecTV’s free trial or Fubo’s free trial will cover O’Donnell’s full week of hosting at no cost.

— Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
For those who subscribed prior to August 18, the new pricing will be effective the next billing date on or after September 17.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026

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