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Complaisance

Complaisance Meaning & Definition
Complaisance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Complaisance?

[n] a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

Synonyms | Synonyms for Complaisance: compliance | compliancy | deference | obligingness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Complaisance:

See Also | agreeability | agreeableness

Complaisance In Webster's Dictionary

\Com"plai*sance`\ (?; 277), n. [F. complaisance. See {Complaisant}, and cf. {Complacence}.] Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility. These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people. --Addison. They strive with their own hearts and keep them down, In complaisance to all the fools in town. --Young. Syn: Civility; courtesy; urbanity; suavity; affability; good breeding.

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