10 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
noun acting according to certain accepted standards
noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
noun the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
originEtymology tree English comply Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English compliance From comply + -ance.
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