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complaisance Definition

com·plai·sance (kəm plā′zəns, -səns; also käm′plə zans′)

noun

  1. willingness to please; disposition to be obliging and agreeable; affability
  2. an act or instance of this

Etymology: Fr < complaisant

complaisance Synonyms

complaisance

n.

agreeableness, obligingness, graciousness; see courtesy 1, kindness 1.

complaisance Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • mere: I am ashamed to say that hitherto I have only given myself out of mere complaisance.