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compliance
noun
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Divide compliance into syllables:

com · pli · ance

How to pronounce compliance:

Definition of compliance:

compliance (noun):
complying
acting according to certain accepted standards.
the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion

Synonyms for compliance:

abidance
acquiescence
agreement
assent
biddability
complaisance
compliancy
concurrence
conformation
conformity
cooperation
deference
docility
honoring
keeping
line
obedience
obligingness
observance
submission
submissiveness

Antonyms for compliance:

agreement
antagonism
arguing
argument
arrogance
assertiveness
backchat
backtalk
balkiness
bellicosity
conflict
contempt
contention
contrariness
contumacy
decline
defiance
demur
denial
difference
difference of opinion
disaccord
disagreeableness
disagreement
disapproval
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