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Webster 1913 Edition
Compliance
1.
The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.
What
compliances
will remove dissension? Swift.
Ready
compliance
with the wishes of his people. Macaulay.
2.
A disposition to yield to others; complaisance.
Syn. – Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance; execution; acquiescence; assent.
Webster 1828 Edition
Compliance
COMPLIANCE
,Noun.
1.
The act of complying; a yielding, as to a request, wish, desire, demand or proposal; concession; submission.Let the king meet compliance in your looks,
A free and ready yielding to his wishes.
2.
A disposition to yield to others.He was man of few words and great compliance.
3.
Obedience; followed by with; as compliance with a command, or precept.4.
Performance; execution; as a compliance with the conditions of a contract.