Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Non-compliance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance.

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  • noun Failure or refusal to comply.

Etymologies

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dis- +‎ compliance

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Examples

  • I know not what to say to it, nor how to carry myself therein; for a compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discompliance to my Lord Chancellor.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

  • I know not what to say to it, nor how to carry myself therein; for a compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discompliance to my Lord Chancellor.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1664 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

  • I know not what to say to it, nor how to carry myself therein; for a compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discompliance to my Lord Chancellor.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 29: June/July 1664 Samuel Pepys 1668

  • I know not what to say to it, nor how to carry myself therein; for a compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discompliance to my Lord Chancellor.

    The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1664 Pepys, Samuel 1664

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