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Compliant

Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

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Similar meaning 8

Amenable 84% connected

Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.

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Amenable 84% connected

Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.

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Conformable 84% connected

Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; -- usually followed by to.

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Conformable 84% connected

Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; -- usually followed by to.

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Lamblike 84% connected

Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.

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Lamblike 84% connected

Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.

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Nonresistant 84% connected

Making no resistance.

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Nonresistant 84% connected

Making no resistance.

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Compliance 74% connected

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

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Compliance 74% connected

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

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Compliancy 74% connected

Compliance; disposition to yield to others.

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Compliancy 74% connected

Compliance; disposition to yield to others.

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Follow 74% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Follow 74% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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See also 8

Manageable 66% connected

Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.

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Manageable 66% connected

Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.

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Obedient 66% connected

Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.

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Obedient 66% connected

Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.

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Tractable 66% connected

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

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Tractable 66% connected

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

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Defiant 94% connected

Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.

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Defiant 94% connected

Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.

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