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compliant adjective [ kəmˈplʌɪənt ]

• disposed to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent.
• "a compliant labour force"
Similar: acquiescent, amenable, biddable, tractable, complaisant, accommodating, cooperative, adaptable, obedient, docile, manageable, malleable, pliable, pliant, flexible, submissive, dutiful, tame, meek, yielding, easily handled, like putty in one's hands, controllable, unresisting, unassertive, passive, governable, persuadable, manipulable, milky, persuasible,
Opposite: recalcitrant, bloody-minded,
• meeting or in accordance with rules or standards.
• "food that is compliant with safety regulations"
• having the property of compliance.
• "the conversion of the gel to a much less compliant, rigid glass"


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