Conformity

n.	1.	Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; - followed by to, with, or between. By our conformity to God. - Tillotson. The end of all religion is but to draw us to a conformity with God. - Dr. H.More. A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste. - Addison.
	2.	(Eng. Eccl. Hist.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church. The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity. - Hallam.

Noun	1.	conformity - correspondence in form or appearance Synonyms: conformance
	2.	conformity - acting according to certain accepted standards Synonyms: abidance, compliance, conformation Antonyms: nonconformity - failure to conform
	3.	conformity - orthodoxy in thoughts and belief Synonyms: conformism Antonyms: nonconformance, nonconformity - a lack of conformity
	4.	conformity - concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal" Synonyms: accordance, accord
	5.	conformity - hardened conventionality Synonyms: ossification

accordance, acquiescence, acquittal, acquittance, adherence, adoration, affinity, alikeness, allegiance, alliance, analogy, aping, approach, approximation, assent, assimilation, balance, bienseance, bilateral symmetry, bon ton, care, carrying out, chorus, churchgoing, civility, closeness, coherence, coincidence, community, comparability, comparison, compatibility, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, conformance, conformation, congeniality, congruency, congruity, consistency, consonance, consort, consuetude, convenance, convention, conventional usage, conventionalism, conventionality, cooperation, copying, correctness, correspondence, cultism, custom, decency, decorousness, decorum, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, discharge, duteousness, dutifulness, dynamic symmetry, equality, equilibrium, equivalence, established way, etiquette, eurythmics, eurythmy, evenness, execution, faith, faithfulness, fashion, fealty, finish, folkway, form, formality, fulfillment, good form, harmony, heed, heeding, homage, identity, imitation, intersection, keeping, likeness, likening, love of God, loyalty, manner, manners, metaphor, mimicking, mores, multilateral symmetry, nearness, obedience, obediency, observance, observation, oneness, overlap, parallelism, parity, peace, performance, pietism, piety, piousness, polarity, practice, praxis, prescription, proper thing, proportion, proportionality, propriety, rapport, regularity, religion, religionism, religiousness, resemblance, resignation, respect, reverence, ritual, sameness, satisfaction, seemliness, self-consistency, semblance, service, servility, servitium, shapeliness, similarity, simile, similitude, simulation, social convention, social usage, standard behavior, standard usage, standing custom, submission, submissiveness, suit and service, suit service, symmetricalness, symmetry, sync, synchronism, tally, theism, time-honored practice, timing, tradition, trilateral symmetry, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, usage, use, veneration, way, what is done, willingness, wont, wonting, worship, worshipfulness

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