The best replacement for compliance is adherence.

The best alternatives to compliance are rated as following:
★★★★★  adherence
★★★★  conformance
★★★  commitment
★★  surrender
★★  compliant
★★  elasticity
★  compliance
★  risk management
★  obedience
★  ethics
★  audit
★  concordance
★  conformity
★  engagement
★  security
★  elastance
★  completion
★  noncompliance
  internal audit
  capacitance
  acceptance
  legal
  governance
  distensibility
  stiffness
  resistance
  accordance
  quality
  compliancy
  supervision
  adherence treatment
  static compliance
  certificate of conformance
  certification
  non compliance
  cooperation
  regulatory
  persistence

Your alternative for compliance is not listed? Suggest!
Speaking about compliance, one probably shouldn't forget about regulations.

Other search terms related to compliance and their ratings are:
★★★★★ regulations
You have in mind a companion for compliance and it is not yet here? Propose!



Google Trends

Scale is based on the average worldwide traffic of compliance in all years. Click on graph for more.
compliance
adherence
conformance