submission, compliance
(noun) the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance
(noun) acting according to certain accepted standards; “their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices”
complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference
(noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
compliance (countable and uncountable, plural compliances)
An act of complying.
(uncountable) The state of being compliant.
(uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
(mechanics) A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility
(medicine) The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan
(uncountable, business) The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.
• compliancy
• (act of complying): violation
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pli"ance, n. Etym: [See Comply.]
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. A man of few words and of great compliance. Clarendon.
Syn.
– Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance; execution; acqquiescence; assent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
