complaisance

[ComĀ·plai*sance`]

A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

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Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.

Noun
a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others


n.
Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.


Complaisance

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.
They strive with their own hearts and keep them down, In complaisance to all the fools in town.
Syn. -- Civility; courtesy; urbanity; suavity; affability; good breeding.

Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.

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Usage Examples

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

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Other Usage Examples

It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.

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