Noun: compliance kum'plI-un(t)s
- Acting according to certain accepted standards
"their financial statements are in compliance with generally accepted accounting practices";
- conformity, conformation, abidance
- The act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
"Their compliance with the new regulations was immediate";
- submission
- A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
"Her compliance often led to her being taken advantage of";
- complaisance, compliancy, obligingness, deference
Derived forms: compliances
Type of: agreeability, agreeableness, cooperation, group action
Encyclopedia: Compliance