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Compliant

Willing to comply with rules, requests, or authority; ready to yield to others' wishes and conform to standards.

adjective
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Imagine This

Imagine a student in a lab who follows every safety ruleβ€”puts on goggles, ties back hair, signs off on procedures, and answers questions exactly as instructed. The student does not resist; they are clearly compliant with the lab's rules.

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Sounds Like

KOM-PLY-uhnt (sounds similar to complaint)

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Looks Like

comply; compliance; complaint (visual similarity among related words)

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Remember This

Compliant is to compliance what comply is to yield. The word is closely tied to following rules or authority; its root ideas involve agreement and conformity.

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Other Forms

compliancenoun
compliantlyadverb
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Connect With

obedience, conformity, adherence, compliance, acquiescence

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Note

Use with 'compliant with' (e.g., 'compliant with safety standards'). Do not confuse with 'complaint,' which refers to a grievance or objection.

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