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• compliance — com·pli·ance /kəm plī əns/ n 1: an act or process of complying with a demand or recommendation 2: observance of official requirements Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• Compliance — Com*pli ance, n. [See {Comply}.] 1. The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission. [1913 Webster] What compliances will remove dissension? Swift. [1913 Webster] Ready compliance with the wishes of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• yielding — I adjective accommodating, acquiescent, alterable, amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, easy, easygoing, elastic, facile, facilis, flexible, impressible, impressionable, malleable, manageable, obedient, obliging, obsequens, obsequious,… …   Law dictionary

• compliance — acquiescence, resignation (see under COMPLIANT) Analogous words: obedience, docility, amenableness, tractableness (see corresponding adjectives at OBEDIENT): submitting or submission, yielding, deferring or deference (see corresponding verbs at… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• compliance — [n] agreement acquiescence, amenability, assent, complaisance, concession, concurrence, conformity, consent, deference, docility, obedience, observance, passivity, resignation, submission, submissiveness, tractability, yielding; concepts 411,684… …   New thesaurus

• compliance — 1. A measure of the distensibility of a chamber expressed as a change in volume per unit change in pressure. 2. The consistency and accuracy with which a patient follows the regimen prescribed by a …   Medical dictionary

• compliance — /keuhm pluy euhns/, n. 1. the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding. 2. a tendency to yield readily to others, esp. in a weak and subservient way. 3. conformity; accordance: in compliance with orders. 4. cooperation or obedience: Compliance …   Universalium

• compliance — com•pli•ance [[t]kəmˈplaɪ əns[/t]] n. 1) the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding 2) a tendency to yield readily to others, esp. meekly 3) conformity; accordance: in compliance with orders[/ex] 4) cooperation or obedience: Compliance with… …   From formal English to slang

• yielding — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. soft, pliant, tractable, docile; submissive, compliant, acquiescent; supple, plastic, flexible; productive, fertile. See softness, facility. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Producing] Syn. bounteous,… …   English dictionary for students

• compliance — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. yielding, acquiescence, assent; see agreement 1 , docility . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. yielding, assent, conforming, obedience, observation, acquiescence, deference, complaisance. ANT.: noncompliance, disobedience… …   English dictionary for students

• compliance — /kəmˈplaɪəns / (say kuhm pluyuhns) noun Also, compliancy. 1. the act of complying; an acquiescing or yielding. 2. Obsolete a disposition to yield to others. 3. base subservience. –phrase 4. in compliance with, in keeping or accordance with …   Australian-English dictionary