COMPLIANT

compliant

(adjective) inclined to comply; “children compliant with the parental will”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

compliant (comparative more compliant, superlative most compliant)

Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.

Synonyms: yielding, bending, pliant

Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws.

Synonyms

• conformant; see also conformant

Antonyms

• non-compliant, noncompliant

Anagrams

• coimplant, complaint

Source: Wiktionary


Com*pli"ant, a.

Definition: Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive. "The compliant boughs." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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