nonconformance
Failure to comply
Nonconformance is failure to meet a standard, specification, or requirement.
The term appears most often in quality control, manufacturing, and regulatory contexts: The audit revealed several nonconformances in the production process.
A nonconformance report documents where a product or procedure deviates from established criteria.
Also spelled nonconformity, though that word more often refers to refusal to follow social or religious conventions.
Spread around the mean
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
departure · anomaly · exception · inconsistency · disparity · mismatch · violation · breach
Defying workplace authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
recalcitrance · dissent · protest · refusal · objection · opposition · mutiny · contrariness
Formal assessment of condition
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- auditFormal accounts examination
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
defects · corrective action · root cause · quality control · certification · rework · scrap · disposition
Unfavorable opinion expressed
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- refusalAct of declining
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
dismissal · rebuff · disallowance · prohibition · ban · noncertification · recall · write-off
variance
Spread around the mean
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
divergence · departure · anomaly · exception · inconsistency · disparity · mismatch · violation · breach · infraction
insubordination
Defying workplace authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- rebellionDefiance of established power
noncompliance · recalcitrance · dissent · protest · refusal · objection · opposition · mutiny · contrariness · obstinacy
inspection
Formal assessment of condition
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- auditFormal accounts examination
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
tolerance · defects · corrective action · root cause · quality control · certification · rework · scrap · disposition · quarantine
disapproval
Unfavorable opinion expressed
repudiation · dismissal · rebuff · disallowance · prohibition · ban · noncertification · recall · write-off · downgrade
- violationsviolation, infractions, infraction, breach, consent violation
- defectsdefect, flaw, crack, cracks, defective
- ISO Standardsstandardization
- SPCcontrol chart, center line, centerline, in control, out of control
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Adherence to requirements
compliance · adherence · conformity · accordance · observance
nonconformancecompliance
Adhering to requirements
conformance · conformity · conformism · agreement · conventionality
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