compliant
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adjective \-ənt\Definition of COMPLIANT
1
: ready or disposed to comply : submissive <a corrupt regime aided by a compliant press>
2
: conforming to requirements <compliant software>
— com·pli·ant·ly adverb
See Examples of COMPLIANT
- I asked him for a favor, and he was compliant.
- The student's shirt was not compliant with the school's dress code.
- The software is compliant with the latest standards.
First Known Use of COMPLIANT
1642
Related to COMPLIANT
- Synonyms
- amenable, biddable, obedient, conformable, docile, law-abiding, submissive, tractable
- Antonyms
- balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, noncompliant, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, unamenable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful (or wilful)
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