compliance
//kəmˈplaɪ.əns//
formalForms
- Plural
- compliances
Definitions
1.An act of complying.
2.The state of being compliant.
- The software ensures compliance with data protection laws.
3.The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
- His quick compliance with the order impressed the officer.
4.A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4764
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
English comply
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -iader.
Old French -ancebor.
Middle English -aunce
English -ance
English compliance
From comply + -ance.