compliance

Noun

• the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

• a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

• acting according to certain accepted standards
  • their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  submission , complaisance , compliancy , obligingness , deference , conformity , conformation , abidance
• Antonyms: 
  disobedience , noncompliance , nonconformity , nonconformance