incompliance
Not following rules
Incompliance is failure to comply with rules, standards, or requirements.
The word appears mainly in regulatory, medical, and legal contexts: The facility was cited for incompliance with safety regulations.
Noncompliance is more common and means the same thing.
Defying workplace authority
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
refusal · resistance · obstinacy · willfulness · unruliness · contrariness · stubbornness · intractability
Breaking of agreement
- infractionMinor rule breach
- contraventionAct violating a rule
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
flouting · disregard · infringement · deviation · irregularity · discrepancy · variance · delinquency
Formal accounts examination
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
sanction · citation · fine · warning · violation · standards · requirements · guidelines
insubordination
Defying workplace authority
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
disobedience · refusal · resistance · obstinacy · willfulness · unruliness · contrariness · stubbornness · intractability · dissent
breach
Breaking of agreement
- infractionMinor rule breach
- contraventionAct violating a rule
- transgressionViolation of law or code
nonconformity · flouting · disregard · infringement · deviation · irregularity · discrepancy · variance · delinquency · misconduct
audit
Formal accounts examination
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
penalty · sanction · citation · fine · warning · violation · standards · requirements · guidelines · protocol
incompliancecompliance
Adhering to requirements
conformity · obedience · adherence · cooperation · observance
incomplianceresilience
Capacity to recover quickly
flexibility · adaptability · pliability · yielding · malleability