| Noun | 1. | compliance - acting according to certain accepted standardscooperation - joint operation or action; "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission" line - acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" keeping - conformity or harmony; "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion" | |
| 2. | compliance - happy friendly agreement | |
| 3. | compliance - a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | |
| 4. | compliance - the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to anotherobedience, obeisance - the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person prostration - abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body | |