All 4 Uses of
compliance
in
Northanger Abbey
- Mr. and Mrs. Morland were all compliance, and Catherine all happiness.†
Chpt 1 *
- Catherine, in some amazement, complied, and after remaining a few moments silent, was on the point of reverting to what interested her at that time rather more than anything else in the world, Laurentina's skeleton, when her friend prevented her, by saying, "For heaven's sake!†
Chpt 6
- But in dancing, their duties are exactly changed; the agreeableness, the compliance are expected from him, while she furnishes the fan and the lavender water.†
Chpt 10
- Catherine cheerfully complied, and being properly equipped, was more impatient than ever to be at the pump-room, that she might inform herself of General Tilney's lodgings, for though she believed they were in Milsom Street, she was not certain of the house, and Mrs. Allen's wavering convictions only made it more doubtful.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(compliance) to conform to rules or the wishes of others