comply
Do as told
To comply is to act in accordance with a rule, request, or demand: The company complied with federal regulations, He refused to comply with the court order.
Compliance suggests submission or obedience—you comply with authority, not with equals.
The word often appears in legal and institutional contexts where following requirements is mandatory rather than voluntary.
Follow commands given
- submitPresent for consideration
- deferDelay or submit
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- followGo behind another
heed · conform · acquiesce · capitulate · succumb · abide · observe · respect
Voluntary agreement given
- agreeHold the same view
- concurAgree with another
- acceptConsent to receive
- acknowledgeConfirm receipt or truth
approve · endorse · ratify · sanction · affirm · assent · accord · concurrence
Execute to completion
discharge · implement · achieve · deliver · carry out · honor · uphold · adhere
Enforced rules and standards
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- auditFormal accounts examination
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
certification · accreditation · inspection · protocol · governance · policy · mandate · licensing
Work jointly with others
- collaborateWork jointly with others
- participateTake an active role
- go alongConsent or cooperate
- accommodateProvide for or adjust
assist · coordinate · engage · partner · contribute · play ball · team up · support
obey
Follow commands given
follow · heed · conform · acquiesce · capitulate · succumb · abide · observe · respect · accede
consent
Voluntary agreement given
acknowledge · approve · endorse · ratify · sanction · affirm · assent · accord · concurrence · approval
fulfill
Execute to completion
perform · discharge · implement · achieve · deliver · carry out · honor · uphold · adhere · follow through
regulations
Enforced rules and standards
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- auditFormal accounts examination
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
enforcement · certification · accreditation · inspection · protocol · governance · policy · mandate · licensing · statutory
cooperate
Work jointly with others
- collaborateWork jointly with others
- participateTake an active role
- go alongConsent or cooperate
accommodate · assist · coordinate · engage · partner · contribute · play ball · team up · support · facilitate
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- formal verbsrequest, inquire, require, submit, proceed
- ordersorder, command, decree, dictate, mandate
- action verbsrun, jump, chase, grab, climb
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- mental processesthinking, think, reasoning, cognition, pondering
- complete withFully equipped including
- complete controlUnchallenged authority over everything
- complete packageEntirety of offerings
- complete stop
- complete sentence
- come to a complete stop
complete, accomplish, completion, compliance, compliant, compliments, accomplishment, complying, complied