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com⋅pli⋅ant

[kuhm-plahy-uhnt]
–adjective
1. complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, esp. in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
2. manufactured or produced in accordance with a specified body of rules (usu. used in combination): Energy Star-compliant computers.

Origin:
1635–45; comply + -ant


com⋅pli⋅ant⋅ly, adverb
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com·pli·ant   (kəm-plī'ənt)   
adj.  Disposed or willing to comply; submissive.
com·pli'ant·ly adv.
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