COMPLIANCE, noun [See comply.] 1. The act of complying; a yielding, as to a request, wish, desire, demand or proposal; concession; submission. Let the king meet compliance in your looks, A free and ready yielding to his wishes. 2. A disposition to yield to others. He was man of few words and great compliance 3. Obedience; followed by with; as compliance with a command, or precept. 4. Performance; execution; as a compliance with the conditions of a contract.
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