Complaisance

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  • noun. The inclination to comply willingly with the wishes of others; amiability.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Civility and graciousness; that manner of address and behavior in social intercourse which gives pleasure; affability; courtesy; desire to please; acquiescence (in another's wishes) or conformity (to another's desires or comfort) for courtesy's sake.
  • noun. Synonyms Complacency, Complaisance (see complacence), urbanity, suavity, deference, good breeding, politeness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The quality of being complaisant, amiable or agreeable.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
  • Word Usage
    "But the only ground of this decree being in complaisance to the rigid Jews that had embraced the Christian faith, and, except in that one case of scandal, all meats being pronounced free and indifferent to all Christians as soon as the reason of the decree ceased, which, at furthest, was after the destruction of Jerusalem, the obligation of it ceased likewise."
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