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Compliance

The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.

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Broader term 3

Agreeability 76% connected

Easiness of disposition.

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Agreeableness 76% connected

The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.

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Cooperation 76% connected

The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.

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Formality 76% connected

The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc.

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Honoring 76% connected

of Honor

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Keeping 76% connected

of Keep

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Obedience 76% connected

The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.

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Obeisance 76% connected

Obedience.

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Observance 76% connected

The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and f…

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Prostration 76% connected

The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.

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Compliant 74% connected

Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

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Compliant 74% connected

Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

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Conform 74% connected

Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.

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Conform 74% connected

Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.

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Submit 74% connected

To let down; to lower.

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Submit 74% connected

To let down; to lower.

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Take 74% connected

Taken.

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Take 74% connected

Taken.

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Synonym 7

Abidance 92% connected

The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).

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Complaisance 92% connected

Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.

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Compliancy 92% connected

Compliance; disposition to yield to others.

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Conformation 92% connected

The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

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Conformity 92% connected

Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

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Deference 92% connected

A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.

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Submission 92% connected

The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedienc…

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