compliance
UK/kəmˈplaɪ.əns/
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Australia/kəmˈplɑe.əns/
compliance noun: an act of complying.
Noun
compliance (countable and uncountable, plural compliances)
- An act of complying.
- strict compliance
- regulatory compliance
- The state of being compliant.
- The software ensures compliance with data protection laws.
- The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
- His quick compliance with the order impressed the officer.
- A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility.
- The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan.
- The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.
compliance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
compliance in Hindi
- act of complying
- आज्ञापालन ājñāpālan
compliance in Tamil
- இணக்கம், உடன்படல், ஏற்பு, கீழ்ப் படிதல், கீழ்ப்படிதல், படி
compliance in Marathi
- अनुपालन, अनुपालना
compliance in Urdu
- compliance
- قبول qubūl
More languagesFewer languages
- compliance in Bengali
- সম্মতি, প্রতিপালন, অনুবর্তিতা, বশ্যতা
- compliance in Malayalam
- അനുപാലനം anupālanaṁ, പാലനം pālanaṁ
- compliance in Kannada
- ಅನುವರ್ತನೆ, ಅನುಸರಣೆ, ಅಡಿಯಾಳುತನ, ಗುಲಾಮತನ
- compliance in Gujarati
- પાલન
- compliance in Odia
- ଅନୁପାଳନ
- compliance in Nepali
- अनुपालन, अनुपालना
- compliance in Malay
- pematuhan
- compliance in Indonesian
- kepatuhan
Examples of compliance in a sentence
- The UDDI-over-Bluetooth support is only in there for buzzword compliance.
- Other vendors may be cheaper up front, but our standards compliance will save you in the long run.
- In the New Serial Bus (NSB) plugfest, the FooMonkey device was unable to connect to a NSB controller and therefore did not receive compliance certification.
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Forms of compliance
| plural | compliances |
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Origin of compliance
From comply + -ance.
Words formed from compliance
Phrases with compliance
Words that rhyme with compliance
Questions about compliance
- What does compliance mean?
- Compliance means an act of complying.
- What is compliance in Hindi?
- Compliance in Hindi is आज्ञापालन (ājñāpālan). See Compliance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is compliance?
- Compliance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce compliance?
- Compliance is pronounced /kəmˈplaɪ.əns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of compliance?
- The plural of compliance is compliances.
Words near compliance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: compliance (page history and authors); compliance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compliance (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); قبول (Urdu) (page history and authors); compliance (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അനുപാലനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); compliance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compliance (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compliance (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compliance (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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