Dictionary

compliance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (California) audio
• [kəmˈplɑe̯.əns] (New-Zealand)
• /kəmˈplɑe.əns/ (Australia)
• /kəmˈplaɪ.əns/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English comply Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English compliance From comply + -ance.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of complying.
   • full compliance
   • regulatory compliance
   • strict compliance
2. (uncountable) The state of being compliant.
   • The software ensures compliance with data protection laws.
3. (uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
   • His quick compliance with the order impressed the officer.
4. (countable, uncountable) A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility.
5. (countable, uncountable) The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan.
6. (uncountable) The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.

Forms

Antonyms

non-compliance · violation (antonym(s) of “act of complying”) · noncompliance

Deriveds

standards compliance · undercompliance · pain compliance · overcompliance · incompliance · checkbox compliance · compliance company · compliance car · hypercompliance · uncompliance · recompliance · malicious compliance · discompliance · compliance strike · buzzword compliance

Relateds

compliant · conformance

Synonyms

compliancy

Translations (128)

cmn 順從 /顺从 (tendency of conforming with others) · ru пода́тливость (tendency of conforming with others) · ru эласти́чность (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · cmn 合規部門 /合规部门 (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · ka შესრულება (act of complying) · bg пра́вен отде́л (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · sv följsamhet (state of being compliant) · bg податли́вост (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · de Compliance (state of being compliant) · ka მორჩილება (state of being compliant) · pt conformismo (tendency of conforming with others) · de Folgebereitschaft (state of being compliant) · fr conformisme (tendency of conforming with others) · eo cedo (state of being compliant) · ja 順守 (act of complying) · hu alkalmazkodás (act of complying) · fi compliance (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · de Regeltreue (state of being compliant) · cmn 柔性 (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · fi sisäinen valvonta (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · de Komplianz (state of being compliant) · ms pematuhan (act of complying) · ru согла́сие (state of being compliant) · pt conformidade (state of being compliant) · de Nachgiebigkeit (state of being compliant) · de Nachgeben (act of complying) · hu kompliancia (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · bg съгла́сие (act of complying) · de Elastitizität (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · fi vaatimustenmukaisuus (state of being compliant) · fi ohjeidenmukaisuus (state of being compliant) · it conformità (act of complying) · de Regeltreue (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · de Zustimmen (act of complying) · hu teljesítés (act of complying) · es contraloría (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · de Willfährigkeit (tendency of conforming with others) · fr acquiescement (act of complying) · sv regelefterlevnadsavdelning (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · ota طباق (state of being compliant) · fi (ohjeiden) noudattaminen (medical: accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan) · de Erfüllen (act of complying) · fi myötäsukaisuus (tendency of conforming with others) · sv tillmötesgående (state of being compliant) · it arrendevolezza (state of being compliant) · hu előzékenység (tendency of conforming with others) · ru соотве́тствие (state of being compliant) · de Nachgiebigkeit (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · de Wohlverhalten (state of being compliant) · sh poštivanje režima liječenja (medical: accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan) · cmn 變形量 /变形量 (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · cmn 服從 /服从 (act of complying) · de Regeltreue (tendency of conforming with others) · ja 順法 (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · cmn 順從 /顺从 (state of being compliant) · bg съгла́сие (state of being compliant) · fr conformité (state of being compliant) · de Konformität (tendency of conforming with others) · de Fügsamkeit (act of complying) · ka დამყოლიობა (tendency of conforming with others) · nl naleving (state of being compliant) · ru компла́енс (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · ru пода́тливость (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · hu megfelelés (act of complying) · ka დაცვა (act of complying) · hu konformitás (state of being compliant) · pl ugodowość (tendency of conforming with others) · de Einwilligung (act of complying) · ru покла́дистость (tendency of conforming with others) · pt complacência (tendency of conforming with others) · cmn 合規 /合规 (state of being compliant) · cmn 遵守 (act of complying) · de Konformität (state of being compliant) · bg отстъпчи́вост (tendency of conforming with others) · fi noudattaminen (state of being compliant) · fi (määräysten / ohjeiden) noudattaminen (act of complying) · es cumplimiento (act of complying) · hu engedékenység (tendency of conforming with others) · de Folgen (act of complying) · ka შესაბამისობა (state of being compliant) · cmn 依從性 /依从性 (medical: accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan) · sl skladnost (act of complying) · cmn 依從 /依从 (act of complying) · hu szolgálatkészség (tendency of conforming with others) · pt aderência (state of being compliant) · de Wohlverhalten (tendency of conforming with others) · de Übereinstimmen (act of complying) · de Compliance (medical: accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan) · pl podatność (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · sv compliance (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · de Einwilligen (act of complying) · de Folgebereitschaft (tendency of conforming with others) · es acatamiento (act of complying) · de sich Fügen (act of complying) · mi ūnga (act of complying) · id kepatuhan (act of complying) · es cumplimiento (medical: accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan) · hi आज्ञापालन (act of complying) · fr observance (medical: accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan) · de Compliance (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · ja 法令順守 (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · ru ги́бкость (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · pt compliance (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · de Compliance (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · ka კონფორმისტულობა (tendency of conforming with others) · ru соотве́тствие (act of complying) · cmn 撓度 /挠度 (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · de Willfährigkeit (state of being compliant) · pl ugoda (act of complying) · hu megfelelőség (state of being compliant) · pl zgodność (state of being compliant) · ka დამთმობლობა (tendency of conforming with others) · hu inverz merevség (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · fr conformité (act of complying) · sh povinovanje (tendency of conforming with others) · de Flexibilität (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · fi määräystenmukaisuus (state of being compliant) · de Nachgiebigkeit (tendency of conforming with others) · pl zgodność (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · pt cumprimento (act of complying) · ru согла́сие (act of complying) · cmn 從眾 /从众 (tendency of conforming with others) · tr uyma (state of being compliant) · fi joustavuus (measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure) · hu betartás (act of complying) · de Regelkonformität (business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with) · ru усту́пчивость (tendency of conforming with others) · hu megfelelés (state of being compliant)