compliance C1 Topic:Law & Government US /kəmˈplaɪ.əns/ See IPA manual Freq #22178 Meanings 1 noun The act of obeying a rule, law, or official standard. The factory was shut down for failing to be in compliance with safety regulations. 2 noun A tendency to agree with or give in to what others want. Her quick compliance with every demand worried her friends. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the act of obeying a rule,... abidance 2 noun · a tendency to agree with or... complaisancedeferenceobligingnesssubmission More compliancy ↔ Opposites non-compliancenoncomplianceviolation Word family Forms compliances Derived forms discompliancehypercomplianceincomplianceovercompliancerecomplianceuncomplianceundercompliance Related forms compliantconformance Common collocations full compliance Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From comply + -ance. Topics Law & Government Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # compliance **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kəmˈplaɪ.əns/ **Frequency rank:** 22178 ## Meanings 1. The act of obeying a rule, law, or official standard. 2. A tendency to agree with or give in to what others want. ## Examples - The factory was shut down for failing to be in compliance with safety regulations. - Her quick compliance with every demand worried her friends. ## Synonyms - compliancy ## Antonyms - non-compliance - noncompliance - violation ## Derived Forms - discompliance - hypercompliance - incompliance - overcompliance - recompliance - uncompliance - undercompliance ## Related Forms - compliant - conformance ## Etymology From comply + -ance. ## AI Etymology Compliance is from comply + -ance. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it can mean the act of obeying a rule, law, or official standard, or a tendency to agree with or give in to what others want. Related forms include compliant, conformance. Derived formations include discompliance, hypercompliance, incompliance, overcompliance, recompliance. ## Topics - Law & Government - Actions & Processes markdown