Compliancy

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The state of being willing to obey involves adhering to regulations or requirements
2. This concept reflects the readiness to yield to rules or expectations through adherence and approval
3. The quality or condition of willingly adapting one's actions to meet the demands or rules set by others

Etymology: "Compliancy" is a formation built from pieces of English that already existed, so there is no dramatic story behind it, only a choice among three possible building blocks. It may come from "compliant" plus the suffix "-cy", from "comply" plus "-ancy", or from "compliance" plus "-y". Each route ends in the same place: a noun for the quality of going along with what is asked, whether a rule, a request or an order. The three candidate routes differ mainly in which word the suffix is attached to. "Compliant" is itself a derivative of "comply", which came into English from French "complir" and ultimately from Latin "complere", meaning "to fill up" or "to complete". That older sense of completing or fulfilling sits behind the modern idea of meeting someone's wishes. The neighbouring word "compliance" is the most common base in modern use, and "compliancy" is best read as a variant of that same idea, with the spelling "-cy" echoing "-cy" endings such as "accuracy" and "fallacy".

Synonyms: compliance, obedience

Antonyms: defiance, rebellion