Definition: conformity

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

conformity
     n 1: correspondence in form or appearance [syn: conformance]
     2: acting according to certain accepted standards [syn: conformation,
         compliance, abidance] [ant: disobedience, nonconformity]
     3: orthodoxy in thoughts and belief [syn: conformism] [ant: nonconformity]
     4: concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your
        proposal" [syn: accord, accordance]
     5: hardened conventionality [syn: ossification]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Conformity \Con*form"i*ty\, n.; pl. Conformities. [Cf. F.
   conformit['e].]
   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.