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conformity - acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" |
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conformation,
compliance,
abidance |
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disobedience,
noncompliance the failure to obey
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nonconformance,
nonconformity failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior
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cooperation the practice of cooperating; "economic cooperation"; "they agreed on a policy of cooperation"
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formality compliance with formal rules; "courtroom formality"
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line acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line"
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honoring,
observance conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
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keeping conformity or harmony; "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion"
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conformity - orthodoxy in thoughts and belief |
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conformism |
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nonconformance,
nonconformism,
nonconformity the practice of nonconformity
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nonconformance,
nonconformism,
nonconformity the practice of nonconformity
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orthodoxy the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
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conventionality orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
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legalism strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit
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conformity - correspondence in form or appearance |
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conformance |
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agreement,
correspondence compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"
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justness,
nicety,
rightness conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty"
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normality conformity with the norm
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