Compliance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Compliance	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Compliance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
compliance n acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" Synonym(s): conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance Antonym(s): disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others Synonym(s): complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another Synonym(s): submission, compliance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compliance \Compli"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.