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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Compliance \Com*pli"ance\, n. [See {Comply}.] 1. The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission. What compliances will remove dissension? --Swift. Ready compliance with the wishes of his people. --Macaulay. 2. A disposition to yield to others complaisance. A man of few words and of great compliance. --Clarendon. Syn: Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance; execution; acquiescence; assent. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: compliance n 1: acting according to certain accepted standards [syn: {conformity}, {conformation}, {abidance}] [ant: {disobedience}, {nonconformity}] 2: happy friendly agreement 3: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others [syn: {complaisance}, {compliancy}, {obligingness}, {deference}] 4: the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another [syn: {submission}]
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