Com-pliʹance, n.

n. [See COMPLY.] 1. The act of complying; a yielding, as to a request, wish, desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission. Let the king meet compliance in your looks, A free and ready yielding to his wishes. Rowe. 2. A disposition to yield to others. He was a man of few words and of great compliance. Clarendon. Syn. — Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance; execution.