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Noun: conformity  kun'for-mi-tee
  1. Correspondence in form or appearance
    - conformance
     
  2. Acting according to certain accepted standards
    "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices";
    - conformation, compliance, abidance
     
  3. Orthodoxy in thoughts and belief
    - conformism
     
  4. Concurrence of opinion
    "we are in conformity with your proposal";
    - accord, accordance
     
  5. Hardened conventionality
    - ossification

Derived forms: conformities

Type of: agreement, convention, conventionalism, conventionality, cooperation, correspondence, orthodoxy

Antonym: nonconformity

Encyclopedia: Conformity