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com·pli·ance
(kəm-plī′əns)n.
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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compliance
(kəmˈplaɪəns) orcompliancy
n
1. the act of complying; acquiescence
2. a disposition to yield to or comply with others
3. (General Physics) a measure of the ability of a mechanical system to respond to an applied vibrating force, expressed as the reciprocal of the system's stiffness. Symbol: C
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com•pli•ance
(kəmˈplaɪ əns)n.
1. the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
2. a tendency to yield readily to others, esp. meekly.
3. conformity; accordance: in compliance with orders.
4. cooperation or obedience: Compliance with the law is expected of all.
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| Noun | 1. |  compliance - acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices"cooperation - joint operation or action; "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission" formality - compliance with formal rules; "courtroom formality" line - acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" honoring, observance - conformity with law or custom or practice etc. keeping - conformity or harmony; "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion" disobedience, noncompliance - the failure to obey |
| 2. | compliance - a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others agreeability, agreeableness - a temperamental disposition to be agreeable | |
| 3. | compliance - the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another group action - action taken by a group of people obedience, obeisance - the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person prostration - abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body |
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compliance
noun
1. conformity, agreement, obedience, assent, observance, concurrence The company says it is in full compliance with US labor laws.
conformity defiance, disobedience, non-compliance, non-nonconformity
conformity defiance, disobedience, non-compliance, non-nonconformity
2. submissiveness, yielding, submission, obedience, deference, passivity, acquiescence, complaisance, consent Suddenly, he hated her for her compliance and passivity.
submissiveness opposition, resistance, refusal, revolt, defiance, disobedience, non-compliance
submissiveness opposition, resistance, refusal, revolt, defiance, disobedience, non-compliance
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compliance
noun1. An act of willingly carrying out the wishes of others:
2. The quality or state of willingly carrying out the wishes of others:
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Translations
إمْتِثال، اسْتِجابَه
vyhovění
efterkommelseretten sig efter
noudattaminen
hlÿîni, auîsveipni
法令遵守
compliance
[kəmˈplaɪəns] N (with rules etc) → conformidad f; (= submissiveness) → sumisión f (with a) in compliance with → conforme a, en conformidad conCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
compliance
[kəmˈplaɪəns] n (= agreement, conformity) → conformité f
compliance with sth [+ law, treaty, agreement] → respect de qch
in compliance with sth → en conformité avec qch, conformément à qch
compliance with sth [+ law, treaty, agreement] → respect de qch
in compliance with sth → en conformité avec qch, conformément à qch
(= submission) → docilité f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
compliance
n → Einverständnis nt; (with rules etc) → Einhalten nt (→ with +gen); (= submissiveness) → Willfährigkeit f (geh), → Fügsamkeit f; in compliance with the law/our wishes etc → dem Gesetz/unseren Wünschen etc gemäß
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compliance
[kəmˈplaɪəns] na. (with rules, orders, wishes) in compliance with → in conformità con
b. (submissiveness) → arrendevolezza, acquiescenza
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comply
(kəmˈplai) verb to act in the way that someone else has commanded or wished. You must comply (with her wishes).
comˈpliance nouncomˈpliant adjective
willing to comply.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
com·pli·ance
n. adaptabilidad, conformidad, grado de elasticidad de un órgano para distenderse o de una estructura para perder la forma;
___ with standards → ___ a las normas.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
compliance
n cumplimiento, adherencia; — with treatment cumplimiento del tratamiento, adherencia al tratamientoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.