compliance

The definition of compliance means following a rule or order.

(noun)

  1. An example of compliance is when someone is told to go outside and they listen to the order.
  2. An example of compliance is when a financial report is prepared that adheres to standard accounting principles.

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See compliance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a complying with or giving in to a request, wish, or demand; acquiescence
  2. a tendency to give in readily to others

See compliance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. The act of complying with a wish, request, or demand; acquiescence.
    b. Medicine Willingness to follow a prescribed course of treatment.
  2. A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others.
  3. a. Extension or displacement of a loaded structure per unit load.
    b. Flexibility.

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