| NOUN | act | compliance, conformity, conformation, abidance | acting according to certain accepted standards |
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| attribute | compliance, complaisance, compliancy, obligingness, deference | a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | |
| act | compliance, submission | the act of submitting |
| Sounds | kahmplay'ahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | Acting according to certain accepted standards. | |
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| Synonyms | conformity, conformation, abidance | |
| Narrower | formality | compliance with formal rules |
| honoring, observance | conformity with law or custom / custom or practice etc. | |
| keeping | conformity or harmony / harmony | |
| line | Acting in conformity | |
| Broader | cooperation | joint operation or action |
| Opposite | disobedience, noncompliance | The failure to obey |
| nonconformity, nonconformance | failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior | |
| Spanish | conformación, conformidad, cumplimiento | |
| Catalan | conformitat | |
| Verbs | comply | act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes |
| Meaning | A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others. | |
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| Synonyms | complaisance, compliancy, obligingness, deference | |
| Broader | agreeableness, agreeability | A temperamental disposition to be agreeable |
| Spanish | deferencia, respeto, sumisión | |
| Catalan | deferència | |
| Adjectives | compliant | disposed or willing to comply |
| Meaning | The act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another. | |
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| Synonym | submission | |
| Narrower | obedience, obeisance | The act of obeying |
| prostration | abject submission | |
| Broader | group action | action taken by a group of people |
| Spanish | claudicación, sumisión | |
| Catalan | claudicació, submissió | |
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