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English Idioms :: compliment
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compliant.html - See: RETURN THE COMPLIMENT. |
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Traditional English :: compliance
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compliant.html - n. 1 the act or an instance of complying; obedience to a request, command, etc. 2 Mech. a the capacity to yield under an applied force. b the degree of such yielding. 3 unworthy acquiescence. in compliance with according to (a wish, command, etc.). |
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Traditional English :: compliant
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compliant.html - adj. disposed to comply; yielding, obedient. |
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Traditional English :: complicate
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compliant.html - v.tr. & intr. 1 (often foll. by with) make or become difficult, confused, or complex. 2 (as complicated adj.) complex; intricate. complicatedly adv. complicatedness n. [L complicare complicat- (as COM-, plicare fold)] |
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Traditional English :: complication
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compliant.html - n. 1 a an involved or confused condition or state. b a complicating circumstance; a difficulty. 2 Med. a secondary disease or condition aggravating a previous one. [F complication or LL complicatio (as COMPLICATE)] |
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Traditional English :: complicity
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compliant.html - n. partnership in a crime or wrongdoing. [complice (see ACCOMPLICE ) + -ITY] |
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