Noah Webster
Compliance
COMPLIANCE, noun [See comply.]
1. The act of complying; a yielding, as to a request, wish, desire, demand or proposal; concession; submission.
Let the king meet compliance in your looks,
A free and ready yielding to his wishes.
2. A disposition to yield to others.
He was man of few words and great compliance
3. Obedience; followed by with; as compliance with a command, or precept.
4. Performance; execution; as a compliance with the conditions of a contract.