Both Uses of
comply
in
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
- Unable to push her tongue against the word, Briony could only nod, and felt as she did so a sulky thrill of self-annihilating compliance spreading across her skin and ballooning outward from it, darkening the room in throbs.†
Chpt 1compliance = willingness or ability to follow rules, requests, or expectations
- The older girl entered so fully into the spirit of her own aloof compliance that she felt beyond reproach.†
Chpt 1 *
Definition:
to act in agreement with a rule, request, or demand