Synonyms for compliance
Most common
conformity agreement consent acquiescence compliancy deference submission
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Conformity
conformity, agreement, consent, acquiescence, conformation, concurrence, assent, abidance
2. Compliancy
3. Submission
submission, obedience, docility, submissiveness, yielding, resignation, concession
Definitions
- n. 1
An act of complying.
- n. 2
The state of being compliant.
The software ensures compliance with data protection laws.
- n. 3
The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
His quick compliance with the order impressed the officer.
Related words
- Word family
- compliant
Forms
- Plural
- compliances → conformities, agreements, consents, acquiescences…
Example sentences
- agreement I'm in complete agreement with everything he said.
- conformity Some people prefer conformity, while others seek novelty.
- acquiescence A lack of response is tantamount to acquiescence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| compliance | steady | |
| agreement | falling | |
| conformity | falling | |
| acquiescence | steady | |
| abidance | rising | |
| compliancy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- assent2
- 7 letters
- consent2
- 8 letters
- yielding2, alacrity4, docility4, abidance
- 9 letters
- agreement3, execution4, obedience4, appliance3, deference3
- 10 letters
- permission3, submission3, concession3, conformity4, compliancy
- 11 letters
- performance3, resignation4, flexibility5, concurrence3
- 12 letters
- conformation, acquiescence4, complaisance, obligingness
- 14 letters
- submissiveness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (assent2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
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