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- DictionaryNon·con·form·i·ty/ˌnänkənˈfôrmədē/
noun
- 1. failure or refusal to conform to a prevailing rule or practice.
- 2. Nonconformists as a body, especially Protestants in England dissenting from the Anglican Church.
noun
Nonfulfillment of a requirement
In quality management, a nonconformity (sometimes referred to as a non conformance or nonconformance or defect) is a deviation from a specification, a standard, or an expectation. Nonconformities or nonconformance can be classified in seriousness multiple ways, though a typical classification scheme may have three to four levels, including critical, serious, major, and minor. Wikipedia