Compliance vs. Commitment — What's the Difference?

The action or fact of complying with a wish or command

The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.

The property of a material of undergoing elastic deformation or (of a gas) change in volume when subjected to an applied force. It is equal to the reciprocal of stiffness.

An engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action

The act of complying with a wish, request, or demand; acquiescence.

The act of referring a legislative bill to committee.

(Medicine) Willingness to follow a prescribed course of treatment.

Official consignment, as to a prison or mental health facility.

A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others.

A court order authorizing consignment to a prison.

Extension or displacement of a loaded structure per unit load.

A pledge or obligation, as to follow a certain course of action

Flexibility.

Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.

An act of complying.

The state of being emotionally or intellectually devoted, as to a belief, a course of action, or another person

(uncountable) The state of being compliant.

The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

(uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.

The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.

(mechanics) A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility

Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.

(medicine) The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan

Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:

The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.

Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.

The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.

Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.

A disposition to yield to others; complaisance.

The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.

Acting according to certain accepted standards

Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.

Happy friendly agreement

State of being pledged or engaged.

A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

The act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; - more frequently termed a mittimus.

The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.

A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.

The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.

The trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose;

The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;

An engagement by contract involving financial obligation;

A message that makes a pledge

The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)