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noncompliance

[ non-kuh m-plahy-uh ns ]

/ ˌnɒn kəmˈplaɪ əns /

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noun

failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.

Origin of noncompliance

First recorded in 1680–90; non- + compliance

OTHER WORDS FROM noncompliance

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

Words nearby noncompliance

noncommunicant, noncommunicating hydrocephalus, noncommunist, noncompetitive, noncompetitive inhibition, noncompliance, nonconcurrence, noncondensing engine, nonconductor, nonconformance, nonconformist

Example sentences from the Web for non-compliance

Determinations about non-compliance are made after a careful process, but Congress is in the loop.

U.S. Knew Russia Violated Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty |Josh Rogin |November 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Non-compliance with these Official Rules may result in disqualification.

OFFICIAL RULES OF THE IMAX® Award Contest—Deadline Extended | |October 8, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
This has always included the excise tax penalty for non-compliance with the individual mandate.

The Supreme Court Ruling on Obamacare: 16 Experts Weigh in |Matthew DeLuca |June 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
For non-compliance with notice for the construction of drains, privies, &c., 10s.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley

He wrote letters to Saladin demanding restitution of the city, and threatening vengeance in the event of non-compliance.

Heroines of the Crusades |C. A. Bloss
The greater endowment in memory and reason entailed a too fatally added hate on non-compliance.

Social Origins and Primal Law |Andrew Lang
Non-compliance with the requirement of the statute as to form renders a bill of sale void even as between the parties.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 |Various
East side, non-compliance; street bad and narrow, and to the east of the road.

Toronto of Old |Henry Scadding

British Dictionary definitions for non-compliance

noncompliance

/ (ˌnɒnkəmˈplaɪəns) /

noun

the act or state of not complying