All 4 Uses of
compliance
in
The Mill on the Floss
- "We'll see about it," was the answer he always gave, carefully abstaining from any sign of compliance till a suitable number of minutes had passed.†
Chpt 1.9 *
- Mrs. Tulliver said Tom must not go to St. Ogg's at the usual hour, he must wait and see his father downstairs; and Tom complied, though with an intense inward shrinking from the painful scene.†
Chpt 3.8
- "I don't care about the mill," he said at last, with a sort of angry compliance.†
Chpt 6.8
- He was looking eagerly at her face for the least sign of compliance; his large, firm, gentle grasp was on her hand.†
Chpt 6.11
Definition:
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(compliance) to conform to rules or the wishes of others