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compliant

/kəmˈplʌɪənt/
adjective
  1. Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.

    "Tendon is compliant compared to bone."

    Similar: bending, pliant, yielding

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

    "The browser is standards-compliant."

Synonymsbending, pliant, yielding, conformant
Antonymsnon-compliant, noncompliant

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