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English noun: compliance | |||
| 1. | compliance (act) acting according to certain accepted standards | ||
| Samples | Their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices. | ||
| Synonyms | abidance, conformation, conformity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cooperation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | formality, honoring, keeping, line, observance | ||
| Antonyms | disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity | ||
| 2. | compliance (attribute) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | ||
| Synonyms | complaisance, compliancy, deference, obligingness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | agreeability, agreeableness | ||
| 3. | compliance (act) the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another | ||
| Synonyms | submission | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | group action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | obedience, obeisance, prostration | ||
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