compliance
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Synonyms & Antonyms for compliance
Synonyms
acquiescence, biddability, compliancy, deference, docility, obedience, submissiveness
Antonyms
defiance, disobedience, intractability, recalcitrance
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Indians are bearing the health cost of this non-compliance. — Kuwar Singh, Quartz India, "Cleaning up its coal power plants will cost India $10 billion—but who will pay?," 7 Aug. 2019 James Barclay, 72, of Springboro, Ohio, the former compliance officer of Miami-Luken. — Valerie Royzman, Cincinnati.com, "SW Ohio pharmaceutical company Miami-Luken, executives indicted in alleged opioid conspiracy," 18 July 2019 One of the requirements of the new law is that every county in the state has to reach a formal agreement with ICE in order to be in compliance. — Andrew Boryga, sun-sentinel.com, "Immigrant groups sue over Florida’s sanctuary cities ban," 16 July 2019 That will shed more light on the subject, but still lacks some crucial information, such as how many were not in compliance. — Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, "New report sheds little light on state’s groundbreaking women-on-boards law," 10 July 2019 In several inspections over the last few years, Iran was found to be largely in compliance. — Melissa Etehad, latimes.com, "Iran poised to press ahead with uranium enrichment despite Trump warning," 3 July 2019 Administration officials are struggling with whether to press the remaining parties to the deal, including Britain, France and Germany, to demand that Iran stay in compliance. — Fox News, "US sending troops to Mideast amid Gulf tensions over Iran," 18 June 2019 KentuckyOne officials said that the low transplant numbers and the loss of transplant cardiologists was a concern because keeping the program in compliance is a top priority. — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, "Another blow for Jewish Hospital: It's suspending heart transplants," 13 June 2019 Gun-makers said in a lawsuit that compliance was technologically impossible, but the Giffords Law Center disagreed, and the state Supreme Court ruled in June 2018 that manufacturers must do their best to comply. — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, "The difference between California gun laws and federal guns laws? Plenty," 29 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'compliance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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