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compliant

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English comply
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Old French -ant bor.
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-andz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ant
English -ant
English compliant

    From comply + -ant .

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    Adjective

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    compliant (comparative more compliant, superlative most compliant)

    1. Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
      Synonyms: yielding , bending , pliant , supple , (literary) conformable ; see also Thesaurus:docile, Thesaurus:obedient
      Antonyms: assertive , incompliant , non-compliant , noncompliant
      The suspect was compliant when arrested.
      Tendon is compliant compared to bone.
    2. Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws.
      Synonyms: conformant , in line ; see also Thesaurus:conformant
      Antonyms: contradictory , incompliant , non-compliant , noncompliant
      The browser is standards-compliant.
      The workplace is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
      • 2025 April 16, Ben Jones, "An opening for international high-speed competition", in RAIL, number 1033, page 13:
        Station capacity in London, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam remains a thorny issue, as does obtaining suitable Channel Tunnel-compliant trains.
    3. (of a material) Deforming under pressure; yielding.

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    Translations

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    willing to comply — see also complaisant,‎ acquiescent,‎ cooperative
    compatible with or following guidelines

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