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Compliance
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Synonyms: Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance; execution; acqquiescence; assent.