compliance meaning and definition

COMPLIANCE noun

Definition of compliance (noun)

1. acting according to certain accepted standards
   • "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices"
   • synonyms: abidance, conformation, conformity
   • antonym: nonconformance
2. a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
   • synonyms: complaisance, compliancy, deference, obligingness
3. the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
   • synonyms: submission