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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

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