noncompliance
[ non-kuhm-plahy-uhns ]
/ ˌnɒn kəmˈplaɪ əns /
noun
failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
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Origin of noncompliance
First recorded in 1680–90; non- + compliance
OTHER WORDS FROM noncompliance
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Example sentences from the Web for noncompliance
In this interval means were used to mollify their non-compliant tempers, but all endeavours proved ineffectual.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.|Tobias Smollett
British Dictionary definitions for noncompliance
noncompliance
/ (ˌnɒnkəmˈplaɪəns) /
noun
the act or state of not complying
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