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  1. adjective Disposed or willing to comply; submissive.

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  • In a universe of insanity it was his one refuge: always compliant, always comforting. —  Flinx In Flux
  • The first had been pretty, compliant, and experienced, Buta's intention being to tutor his son and to build his confidence and prowess. —  Analog Science Fiction and Fact
  • It rendered them compliant, allowed them to be exploited. —  The Store
  • Puzzled but for the moment compliant, the phys-iotech rose and followed his crouching companion into the trees. —  The False Mirror
  • "I believe you did." —  Outside In
 

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/kəmˈplaɪənt/
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