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Compliance   /kəmplˈaɪəns/   Listen
noun
Compliance  n.  
1.
The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission. "What compliances will remove dissension?" "Ready compliance with the wishes of his people."
2.
A disposition to yield to others; complaisance. "A man of few words and of great compliance."
Synonyms: Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance; execution; acquiescence; assent.





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"Compliance" Quotes from Famous Books



... defenceless territories in the neighbourhood of the Low Countries. A free passage was demanded of the states-general through Namur and Maastricht, for the provisions, ammunition, and artillery belonging to this new army; and though the English ambassador remonstrated against their compliance, and represented it as a breach of the neutrality their high mightinesses declared they would observe, yet, after some hesitation, the demand was granted; and their inability to prevent the passage of the French ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. - From William and Mary to George II. • Tobias Smollett
... joy, spent furiously, and eventually died away in an overpowering and indescribable felicity. She soon recovered her senses, and begged for another bout before withdrawing. Of course there was immediate compliance and another more soul-killing encounter was run off ...
— The Romance of Lust - A classic Victorian erotic novel • Anonymous
... Attendants were ready, and at the right moment I have no doubt but that a neat pine coffin could have been produced. Reflection, however, showed me the inadvisability of this project; but I was happily spared the embarrassment of drawing back from promised compliance. ...
— A Woman's Part in a Revolution • Natalie Harris Hammond
... poor with a $300 per capita GDP. In 1991-92 massive government spending, much of it to help ensure a smooth transition to civilian rule, ballooned the budget deficit and caused inflation and interest rates to rise. The lack of fiscal discipline forced the IMF to declare Nigeria not in compliance with an 18-month standby facility started in January 1991. Lagos has set ambitious targets for expanding oil production capacity and is offering foreign companies more attractive investment incentives. Government efforts to reduce Nigeria's dependence on oil ...
— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... penciled notes. His father had reposed untold confidence in Lang's integrity. So much was shown by the loose phraseology of the document and the extreme latitude given the fisherman in compliance with its terms. That this confidence had evidently not been misplaced, was evidenced by the promptness with which Lang met the payments as they ...
— El Diablo • Brayton Norton


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