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Definition of Compliant
1. Adjective. Disposed or willing to comply. "Children compliant with the parental will"
Also: Manageable, Obedient, Manipulable, Tractable, Willing
Derivative terms: Compliance, Compliancy, Comply
Antonyms: Defiant
Definition of Compliant
1. a. Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.
Definition of Compliant
1. Adjective. Willing to comply; yielding; bending; pliant; submissive; willing to do what someone wants. ¹
2. Adjective. Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compliant
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compliant
Literary usage of Compliant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution by David Hume (1858)
"The house of lords were in a humor no less compliant. They even went some lengths
towards breaking in pieces al'. the remains of the Popish plot, ..."
2. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"... and dispense," as to rents and profits; power to alienate real property finally
granted; means employed by Philip to secure a compliant parliament; ..."
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