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–noun

1.	the quality of being complaisant.

2.	a complaisant act.

[Origin: 1645–55; < F; see complaisant, -ance

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com·plai·sance Audio Help (kəm-plā'səns, -zəns) Pronunciation Key
n. The inclination to comply willingly with the wishes of others; amiability.

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complaisance
noun
a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

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Complaisance

Com*pla"cence\, Complacency \Com*pla"cen*cy\, n. [LL. complacentia: cf. F. complaisance. See Complacent, and cf. Complaisance.]

1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification.

The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. --Atterbury.

Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like in themselves. --Addison.

2. The cause of pleasure or joy. "O thou, my sole complacence." --Milton.

3. The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability.

Complacency, and truth, and manly sweetness, Dwell ever on his tongue, and smooth his thoughts. --Addison.

With mean complacence ne'er betray your trust. --Pope.

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