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present participle of comply.

complying

ADJECTIVE

affirmative

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affirmatory approving positive supporting

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acknowledging acquiescent affirming concurring confirmative confirmatory confirming consenting corroborative endorsing favorable ratifying

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dissenting negative

ADJECTIVE

agreeable

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congenial consenting favorable sympathetic

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acquiescent amenable approving concurring grateful in accord responsive well-disposed willing

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disagreeable unfriendly unsympathetic

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discordant distasteful harsh hateful incompatible incongruous mean nasty offensive repugnant unpleasant unsuitable unwilling

ADJECTIVE

submissive

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accommodating deferential dutiful meek obedient passive

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abject acquiescent amenable bowing down comformable docile domesticated giving-in humble ingratiating lowly malleable menial nonresistant nonresisting obeisant obeying obsequious patient pliable pliant resigned servile slavish subdued tame tractable uncomplaining unresisting yes yielding

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disobedient immodest

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fighting intractable resistant unyielding

NOUN

agreement

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accord arrangement compliance compromise concession mediation reconciliation understanding

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accession accommodation accordance adjustment affiliation affinity alliance amity approving arbitration assenting bargaining compatibility concert concord concordance conformity congruity consistency correspondence harmony similarity suitableness sympathy union unison verification

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acceding acknowledging authorizing concurring endorsing granting ratifying verifying

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denial difference disagreement dissension dissent fight refusal

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discord disharmony dislike dissimilarity disunity divorce hatred hostility incompatibility separation

NOUN

harmonization

Synonyms

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accession adjustment compatibility compliance

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accommodation accord accordance affiliation affinity alliance amity approving arbitration arrangement assenting bargaining chime co compromise

WEAK

acceding acknowledging authorizing

Antonyms

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disagreement

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antagonism discord dislike dissension hatred hostility

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Complying with it, she says, would “weaken the ministry.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Complying with the regulations, the EPA estimated in 2015, would cost tank owners and operators a total of $160 million a year — or about $715 per facility per year.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

Complying with a Flex Alert is completely voluntary.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2022

"Complying with a foreign law is no defence against non-compliance" with the requirements of English courts, he added.

From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2022

There was one change: Complying with Riddle’s wishes, they would schedule the race for Memorial Day, May 30, not September.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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