Compliance

Compliance can mean:

• In mechanical science, the inverse of stiffness
• Compliance (medicine), a patient's (or doctor's) adherence to a recommended course of treatment
• Compliance (physiology), the tendency of a hollow organ to resist recoil toward its original dimensions
• Regulatory compliance, adherence to standards, regulations, and other requirements
• Compliance (psychology), responding favorably to a request offered by others

See also

• Governance, risk management, and compliance