compliance

See also: Compliance

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English comply

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -iader.

Old French -ancebor.

Middle English -aunce

English -ance

English compliance

From comply + -ance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /kəmˈplaɪ.əns/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kəmˈplɑe.əns/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [kəmˈplɑe̯.əns]
• Rhymes: -aɪəns

Noun

compliance (countable and uncountable, plural compliances)

1. An act of complying.

   strict compliance

   regulatory compliance

   full compliance

2. (uncountable) The state of being compliant.

   The software ensures compliance with data protection laws.

3. (uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.

   His quick compliance with the order impressed the officer.

4. (mechanics) A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility
5. (medicine) The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan
6. (uncountable, business) The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.

Synonyms

• compliancy

Antonyms

• non-compliance, noncompliance
• (antonym(s) of “act of complying”): violation

Derived terms

• buzzword compliance
• checkbox compliance
• compliance car
• compliance company
• compliance strike
• discompliance
• hypercompliance
• incompliance
• malicious compliance
• overcompliance
• pain compliance
• recompliance
• standards compliance
• uncompliance
• undercompliance

Related terms

• compliant

Translations

act of complying

• Bulgarian: съгла́сие (bg) n (sǎglásie)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: (määräysten / ohjeiden) noudattaminen
• French: conformité (fr) f, acquiescement (fr) m
• Georgian: დაცვა (dacva), შესრულება (šesruleba)
• German: Einwilligung (de) f, Fügsamkeit f, Übereinstimmen n, Zustimmen n, sich Fügen n, Einwilligen n, Erfüllen n, Folgen (de) n, Nachgeben n
• Hindi: आज्ञापालन (hi) m (ājñāpālan)
• Hungarian: teljesítés (hu), betartás (hu), alkalmazkodás (hu)
• Indonesian: kepatuhan (id)
• Italian: conformità (it) f
• Japanese: 順守 (ja) (じゅんしゅ, junshu)
• Malay: pematuhan
• Māori: ūnga
• Polish: ugoda (pl)
• Portuguese: cumprimento (pt) m
• Russian: согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije), соотве́тствие (ru) n (sootvétstvije)
• Slovene: skladnost m
• Spanish: cumplimiento (es) m, acatamiento (es) m

state of being compliant — see also conformism,‎ conformity,‎ assonance,‎ consonance,‎ complaisance

• Bulgarian: съгла́сие (bg) n (sǎglásie)
• Chinese:

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• Dutch: naleving (nl) f
• Esperanto: cedo
• Finnish: määräystenmukaisuus, ohjeidenmukaisuus, vaatimustenmukaisuus, noudattaminen (fi), toimitaan / tehdään sääntöjen / sopimuksen mukaisesti
• French: conformité (fr) f
• Georgian: შესაბამისობა (šesabamisoba), მორჩილება (morčileba)
• German: Konformität (de) f, Regeltreue f, Compliance (de) f, Komplianz f, Folgebereitschaft f, Nachgiebigkeit (de) f, Wohlverhalten (de) n, Willfährigkeit f
• Hungarian: megfelelőség (hu), megfelelés (hu), konformitás (hu)
• Italian: arrendevolezza (it) f
• Polish: zgodność (pl) f
• Portuguese: aderência (pt) f, conformidade (pt) f
• Russian: согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije), соотве́тствие (ru) n (sootvétstvije)
• Swedish: tillmötesgående (sv) n, följsamhet (sv) c
• Turkish: uyma (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: طباق (tıbâk)

tendency of conforming with others

• Bulgarian: отстъпчи́вост (bg) f (otstǎpčívost)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: myötäsukaisuus
• French: conformisme (fr) m
• Georgian: დამთმობლობა (damtmobloba), დამყოლიობა (damq̇olioba), კონფორმისტულობა (ḳonpormisṭuloba)
• German: Konformität (de) f, Folgebereitschaft f, Nachgiebigkeit (de) f, Willfährigkeit f, Wohlverhalten (de) n, Regeltreue f
• Hungarian: előzékenység (hu), szolgálatkészség (hu), engedékenység (hu), (obedience) ^{(please verify)} engedelmesség (hu), (cooperation) ^{(please verify)} együttműködés (hu)
• Polish: ugodowość (pl) f
• Portuguese: conformismo (pt) m, complacência (pt) f
• Russian: пода́тливость (ru) f (podátlivostʹ), покла́дистость (ru) f (pokládistostʹ), усту́пчивость (ru) f (ustúpčivostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: povinovanje n

measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure — see also flexibility,‎ elasticity

• Bulgarian: податли́вост (bg) f (podatlívost)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: joustavuus (fi)
• German: Nachgiebigkeit (de) f, Flexibilität (de) f, Compliance (de) f, Elastitizität f
• Hungarian: kompliancia, inverz merevség
• Polish: podatność (pl) f
• Russian: пода́тливость (ru) f (podátlivostʹ), ги́бкость (ru) f (gíbkostʹ), эласти́чность (ru) (elastíčnostʹ)

medical: accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: (ohjeiden) noudattaminen
• French: observance (fr) f
• German: Compliance (de) f
• Serbo-Croatian: poštivanje režima liječenja
• Spanish: cumplimiento (es) m

business: the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with — see also audit,‎ regulation

• Bulgarian: пра́вен отде́л m (práven otdél)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: compliance (fi), sisäinen valvonta
• German: Compliance (de) f, Regeltreue f, Regelkonformität f
• Japanese: 法令順守 (hōrei junshu), 順法 (ja) (jumpō)
• Polish: zgodność (pl) f
• Portuguese: compliance m
• Russian: компла́енс (ru) m (komplájens)
• Spanish: contraloría (es) f
• Swedish: compliance (sv) ?, regelefterlevnadsavdelning c

See also

• conformance

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English compliance.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈplaj.ɐ̃.sɨ/

Noun

compliance m (uncountable)

1. (business) compliance (department of a business that ensures government regulations are complied with)

Further reading

• “compliance”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “compliance”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026