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"conformity" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often accordance (10 letters).
Definitions
acting according to certain accepted standards
Word origin
From Middle English conformyte, from Middle French conformité. By surface analysis, conform + -ity.
Used in a sentence
“How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Group fit”10 letters
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