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Definition of Compliances
1. compliance [n] - See also: compliance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compliances
Literary usage of Compliances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... to be filed down to the common level by the compliances and imitations of city
society.—EMERSON, RALPH WALDO, 1833, Letter to Alexander Ireland, Aug. ..."
2. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to by Henry Hallam (1876)
"enduro his shuffling evasions, and pay dearly for his base compliances; but when
he saw himself no longer in need of them, it seems to have been in revenge ..."
3. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1772)
"... to the reluctant compliances of fuck as They wifely prefer the generous efforts
of -good luM obey by force. ..."
4. The History of the Reign of Philip the Third, King of Spain by Robert Watson, William Thomson (1818)
"... consoling himself with the reflection that he had made no " * " mean compliances
to gain the royal favour, but had performed the duties of friendship, ..."
5. Life in the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenáná, Or, Six Years in India by [Helen (Douglas)] Mackenzie, Mrs Colin Mackenzie (1854)
"... of Joseph—A Thanks- offering—Cobweb Pills—Caves—Nagpur Converts—Opposition to
Missions—Idolatrous compliances— ..."
6. The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks by Thomas Brooks, Alexander Balloch Grosart (1866)
"... or by their great places, or by their high offices, or by their satk contrivances,
or by their sinful compliances ; and all the honour ..."
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