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Doing what you're told, but with paperwork to prove it.
means Following the rules, requests, or standards someone else set, whether by law or by spine.
from From Latin complere, to fill up or complete — to comply was to fulfill a wish. The bureaucratic stiffness arrived later, dragging audits behind it.
Two flavorsLegally compliant; or just easily pushed around.
Materials tooA compliant material flexes under pressure willingly.
Industry empireCompliance departments exist to keep companies unfined.