com·pli·ance   (kəm-plī'əns)    n.   The act of complying with a wish, request, or demand; acquiescence. Medicine Willingness to follow a prescribed course of treatment. Extension or displacement of a loaded structure per unit load. Flexibility. A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others. Extension or displacement of a loaded structure per unit load. Flexibility.

Compliance

Com*pli"ance\, n. [See Comply.]

1. The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.

What compliances will remove dissension? --Swift.

Ready compliance with the wishes of his people. --Macaulay.

2. A disposition to yield to others; complaisance.

A man of few words and of great compliance. --Clarendon.

Syn: Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance; execution; acquiescence; assent.

Main Entry: com·pli·ance
Pronunciation: k&m-'plI-&ns
Function: noun
1 : an act or process of complying with a demand or recommendation
2 : observance of official requirements

Main Entry: com·pli·ance
Pronunciation: k&m-'plI-&n(t)s
Function: noun
1 : the ability or process of yielding to changes inpressure without disruption of structure or function compliance> compliance of the gut wall —S. C.Truelove>
2 : the process of complying with a regimen of treatment compliance>

compliance com·pli·ance (kəm-plī'əns)
n.

1. A measure of the ease with which a structure or substance may be deformed, especially a measure of the ease with which a hollow organ may be distended.
2. The degree of constancy and accuracy with which a patient follows a prescribed regimen, as distinguished from adherence or maintenance.