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noncompliance

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -aɪəns
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A failure to comply.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the failure to obey

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disobedience

Antonyms: compliance

Broader terms: insubordination, rebelliousness

Narrower terms: contempt, contumacy

History

Etymology

From non- + compliance.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неподчинение (nepodčinenie) — failure to comply
  • Bulgarian: несъобразяване (nesǎobrazjavane) — failure to comply
  • Estonian: mittevastavus — failure to comply
  • Estonian: täitmatajätmine — failure to comply
  • German: Nichtbeachtung — failure to comply
  • German: Nichteinhaltung — failure to comply
  • German: Nichterfüllung — failure to comply
  • Hungarian: meg nem felelés — failure to comply
  • Italian: inottemperanza — failure to comply
  • Italian: difformità — failure to comply
  • Kannada: ಅಪಾಲನೆ (apālane) — failure to comply
  • Kazakh: сақтамау (saqtamau) — failure to comply
  • Malayalam: അനുസരിക്കാതിരിക്കൽ (anusarikkātirikkal) — failure to comply
  • Russian: несоблюде́ние (nesobljudénije) — failure to comply
  • Spanish: no cumplimiento — failure to comply
  • Spanish: poca asonancia — failure to comply
  • Spanish: no acatamiento — failure to comply