con·form·ance

[kuhn-fawr-muhns]
noun
the act of conforming; conformity.

Origin:
1600–10; conform + -ance

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conformity or conformance (kənˈfɔːmɪtɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -ities, -ances
1.  compliance in actions, behaviour, etc, with certain accepted standards or norms
2.  correspondence or likeness in form or appearance; congruity; agreement
3.  compliance with the practices of an established church
 
conformance or conformance
 
n

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Conformance is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Example sentences
It merely enforces conformance to a system of compliance controls that should have been adhered to in the first place.
There were several other changes in offices in conformance with these.
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