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Definition of Compliance
1. Noun. Acting according to certain accepted standards. "Their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices"
Exact synonyms: Abidance, Conformation, Conformity
Generic synonyms: Cooperation
Specialized synonyms: Formality, Line, Honoring, Observance, Keeping
Derivative terms: Comply, Conform
Antonyms: Noncompliance, Nonconformity
Generic synonyms: Cooperation
Specialized synonyms: Formality, Line, Honoring, Observance, Keeping
Derivative terms: Comply, Conform
Antonyms: Noncompliance, Nonconformity
2. Noun. A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others.
Exact synonyms: Complaisance, Compliancy, Deference, Obligingness
Generic synonyms: Agreeability, Agreeableness
Derivative terms: Complaisant, Compliant, Compliant, Comply, Deferent, Deferential, Obliging
Generic synonyms: Agreeability, Agreeableness
Derivative terms: Complaisant, Compliant, Compliant, Comply, Deferent, Deferential, Obliging
3. Noun. The act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another.
Exact synonyms: Submission
Generic synonyms: Group Action
Specialized synonyms: Obedience, Obeisance, Prostration
Derivative terms: Submit, Submit, Submit
Generic synonyms: Group Action
Specialized synonyms: Obedience, Obeisance, Prostration
Derivative terms: Submit, Submit, Submit
Definition of Compliance
1. n. The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.
Definition of Compliance
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Medical Definition of Compliance
1. A physical quality of yielding to pressure or force without disruption, or an expression of the measure of the ability to do so, as an expression of the distensibility of an air- or fluid-filled organ, e.g., the lung (lung compliance) or the bladder, in terms of unit of volume change per unit of pressure change. (12 Dec 1998)