Definitions for COMPLIANCE
kəmˈplaɪ ənscom·pli·ance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. conformity, conformation, compliance, abidancenoun

   acting according to certain accepted standards

   "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices"

2. complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deferencenoun

   a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

3. submission, compliancenoun

   the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. compliancenoun

   An act of complying.

2. compliancenoun

   The state of being compliant.

3. compliancenoun

   The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.

4. compliancenoun

   A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility

5. compliancenoun

   The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan

6. compliancenoun

   the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Compliancenoun

   Etymology: from comply.

   1. The act of yielding to any desire or demand; accord; submission.

   I am far from excusing that compliance, for plenary consent it was not, to his destruction. Charles I .

   We are free from any necessary determination of our will to any particular action, and from a necessary compliance with our desire, set upon any particular, and then appearing preferable good. John Locke.

   Let the king meet compliance in your looks,
   A free and ready yielding to your wishes. Nicholas Rowe.

   The actions to which the world solicits our compliance are sins, which forfeit eternal expectations. John Rogers.

   What compliances will remove dissention, while the liberty continues of professing what new opinions we please? Jonathan Swift.

   2. A disposition to yield to others; complaisance.

   He was a man of few words, and of great compliance; and usually delivered that as his opinion, which he foresaw would be grateful to the king. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. compliance

   Compliance refers to the act of conforming, accepting, or abiding by a set of given rules, regulations, standards, or laws. It can also denote the measure of how well an individual or organization adheres to these guidelines or instructions. Compliance is often used in business and legal contexts, recognising the necessity to meet industry standards, governance obligations, or ethical practices.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Compliancenoun

   the act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission

2. Compliancenoun

   a disposition to yield to others; complaisance

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Compliance

   Compliance is the ability of a hollow organ to distend and increase volume with increasing transmural pressure or the tendency of a hollow organ to resist recoil toward its original dimensions on application of a distending or compressing force. It is the reciprocal of "elastance", hence elastance is a measure of the tendency of a hollow organ to recoil toward its original dimensions upon removal of a distending or compressing force.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Compliance

   kom-plī′ans, n. a yielding: agreement: complaisance: assent: submission (in bad sense).—adj. Complī′able, disposed to comply.—n. Complī′ancy, compliance.—adj. Complī′ant, yielding: pliant: civil.—adv. Complī′antly.—In compliance with, in agreement with. [See Comply.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Compliance

   Distensibility measure of a chamber such as the lungs (LUNG COMPLIANCE) or bladder. Compliance is expressed as a change in volume per unit change in pressure.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. compliance

   The act and process of to comply.

   The company aspired for full compliance in their audit as they have that goal and aspiration, they will achieve it easily.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Agreeableness
   • Group Action

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'COMPLIANCE' in Nouns Frequency: #2543

How to pronounce COMPLIANCE?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Fred

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How to say COMPLIANCE in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of COMPLIANCE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of COMPLIANCE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of COMPLIANCE in a Sentence

1. Sunita Narain:

   Thirty years after the horrific industrial disaster, India needs to finish the job it started and now work on strengthening institutions, tools of compliance and monitoring and putting in place a strict corporate liability regime.

2. Jill Castle:

   When you shift a bit of control to the child, we see so much more compliance and calmness around food and so much more happiness around the food.

3. Alexis Rodriguez:

   We expect some non-compliance internationally and for that reason we have been training our inspectors and engineers to secure compliance.

4. Blockchain Association Smith:

   People have built their entire compliance networks within the existing system, if they were to upend that system, everyone would have to rebuild from scratch.

5. Jared Polis:

   We hope to more fully understand Nebraska’s concerns and goals, as so far those concerns and goals are quite simply hard to make sense of, our longstanding compliance of and respect for the water agreement between our states on the South Platte River remains intact, and we hope that our partners in Nebraska will show that they share that respect.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=COMPLIANCE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Compliance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=COMPLIANCE
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/COMPLIANCE
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=COMPLIANCE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=COMPLIANCE