NONCOMPLIANCE Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

noncompliance

noun

Definition of noncompliance

as in protest

formal the condition of not having or doing something that is officially required The town has increased the fine for noncompliance to $100.

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Recent Examples of noncompliance Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is suing the private prison company GEO, which operates the Aurora ICE Processing Center, for noncompliance with a state public health order. — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Instead, noncompliance would become a factor in prioritizing which substances receive post-market scrutiny and potential enforcement. — Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Commercial vessels passing through the strait would be subject to fees of up to 7% of cargo value and a 20% fine for noncompliance. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026 On a nearby table lay a notice of noncompliance from the District Department of Transportation, issued 11 days earlier. — Maia Nehme, Washington Post, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for noncompliance

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Noun

The case centers on one of the most volatile chapters in UCLA history — the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests that racked the university, culminating in a violent spring attack at a campus encampment.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
On Wednesday, a group of women in Havana blocked a street with buckets and tires in protest after several hours without water, according to a video shared by Silverio Portal, a former political prisoner and activist who lives in the capital.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of protest

Noun

Art and activism in Cuba In 2013, the artist began following the activism of the Ladies in White, the mothers and wives of political prisoners in Cuba, who have become a symbol of peaceful resistance to the dictatorship by processing to Sunday mass.

— Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Scientists with the Forest Service and The Nature Conservancy Vermont spent the summer injecting 6,000 young elm trees with Dutch elm disease spores to test their resistance to the disease.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of resistance

Noun

Another child said he was forced to carry out artillery strikes and beaten for disobedience.

— Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
But many Catholics, including conservative and traditional ones, are opposed to the consecrations, viewing them as an act of severe disobedience to the pope that hurts the church.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of disobedience

Noun

The sale has drawn objections from the flight attendants union and a software firm that says some of the data isn’t Spirit’s to sell.

— Jeff Kleinma, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Collins, Scott, and Whitmer spent much of the past year and a half framing their objections as cautionary.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of objection

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