3 uses
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Definition
to conform to rules or the wishes of others
- It was not in Mr. Bulstrode's nature to comply directly in consequence of uncomfortable suggestions.Book 2 — Old and Young (9% in)
- And the next day Sir James complied at once with her request that he would drive her to Lowick.Book 5 — The Dead Hand (61% in)
- Nevertheless, in her new humiliating uncertainty she dared do nothing but comply.Book 8 — Sunset and Sunrise (61% in)
There are no more uses of "compliance" in Middlemarch.
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