noncompliance

[ non-kuhm-plahy-uhns ]
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noun
  1. failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.

Origin of noncompliance

1
First recorded in 1680–90; non- + compliance

Other words from noncompliance

  • non·com·pli·ant, non·com·ply·ing, adjective, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for noncompliance

noncompliance

/ (ˌnɒnkəmˈplaɪəns) /


noun
  1. the act or state of not complying

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