conformity

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

conformity
    n 1: correspondence in form or appearance [syn: {conformity},
         {conformance}]
    2: acting according to certain accepted standards; "their
       financial statements are in conformity with generally
       accepted accounting practices" [syn: {conformity},
       {conformation}, {compliance}, {abidance}] [ant:
       {disobedience}, {noncompliance}, {nonconformance},
       {nonconformity}]
    3: orthodoxy in thoughts and belief [syn: {conformity},
       {conformism}] [ant: {nonconformance}, {nonconformism},
       {nonconformity}]
    4: concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal"
       [syn: {accord}, {conformity}, {accordance}]
    5: hardened conventionality [syn: {ossification}, {conformity}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Conformity \Con*form"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Conformities}. [Cf. F.
   conformit['e].]
   1. Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance;
      agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.
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            By our conformity to God.             --Tillotson.
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            The end of all religion is but to draw us to a
            conformity with God.                  --Dr. H.More.
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            A conformity between the mental taste and the
            sensitive taste.                      --Addison.
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   2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) Compliance with the usages of the
      Established Church.
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            The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a
            proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil
            officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity.
                                                  --Hallam.
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