Compliance - Definition
compliance
n 1: acting according to certain accepted standards; "their
financial statements are in conformity with generally
accepted accounting practices" [syn: conformity,
conformation, compliance, abidance] [ant:
disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance,
nonconformity]
2: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
[syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy,
obligingness, deference]
3: the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
[syn: submission, compliance]