complaisance

(kəm plāzəns, -səns; also kämplə zans′)

noun

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

Origin: Fr < complaisant

See complaisance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
The inclination to comply willingly with the wishes of others; amiability.

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