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compliant

  • adjective
  • com·pli·ant
  • /kəmˈplʌɪənt/

Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.

Example

“The suspect was compliant when arrested.”

Other meanings

  1. Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws.

    “The browser is standards-compliant.”

  2. Deforming under pressure; yielding.

Where this comes from

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