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As an adjective compliant

is willing to comply; yielding; bending; pliant; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.

As a verb fawning is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun fawning is

servile flattery.

compliant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Willing to comply; yielding; bending; pliant; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
    • The suspect was compliant when arrested.
  • Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws.
    • The browser is standards compliant .
    The workplace is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

    Derived terms

    (compatible with guidlines) * *

    See also

    * compliantly

    Anagrams

    *

    fawning

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
    • , title=The Mirror and the Lamp , chapter=2 citation , passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • servile flattery
  • * (Hannah More)
    • Xantippus found his ruin ere it reached him, / Lurking behind your honours and rewards; / Found it in your feigned courtesies and fawnings .