compliance
noun
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Sense 1 noun
acting according to certain accepted standards
their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices
Types & categories
- cooperation hypernym
- formality hyponym
- line hyponym
- honoring hyponym
- keeping hyponym
Related & opposite
- disobedience antonym
- nonconformance antonym
- abide by derivation
- conform derivation
Sense 2 noun
a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
Types & categories
- agreeability hypernym
Related & opposite
- abide by derivation
- complaisant derivation
- compliant derivation
- deferent derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
Types & categories
- group action hypernym
- obedience hyponym
- prostration hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | disobedience |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonconformance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abide by |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conform |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cooperation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | formality |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | line |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | honoring |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | keeping |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | abide by |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | complaisant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compliant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deferent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | agreeability |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | submit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | accede |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | submit |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | group action |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | obedience |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | prostration |