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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conformity \Con*form"i*ty\, n.; pl {Conformities}. [Cf. F.
conformit['e].]
1. Correspondence in form manner, or character; resemblance;
agreement; congruity; -- followed by to with or between.
By our conformity to God. --Tillotson.
The end of all religion is but to draw us to a
conformity with God. --Dr. H.More.
A conformity between the mental taste and the
sensitive taste. --Addison.
2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) Compliance with the usages of the
Established Church.
The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a
proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil
officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity.
--Hallam.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
conformity
n 1: correspondence in form or appearance [syn: {conformance}]
2: acting according to certain accepted standards [syn: {conformation},
{compliance}, {abidance}] [ant: {disobedience}, {nonconformity}]
3: orthodoxy in thoughts and belief [syn: {conformism}] [ant: {nonconformity}]
4: concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your
proposal" [syn: {accord}, {accordance}]
5: hardened conventionality [syn: {ossification}]
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