Com*pli"ance (?), n. [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.

 

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