complaisance
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səns, -zəns, ˈkɒmRelated forms
non·com·plai·sance, noun
un·com·plai·sance, noun
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| —n | |
| 1. | deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance |
| 2. | an act of willing compliance |
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Complaisance
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is contemn. Does it mean:
| to squeeze |
| to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt. |
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Word Origin & History
complaisance
1650s, from Fr. complaisance (14c.) "care or desire to please," from M.L. complacentia (see complacence).
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Example sentences
Our people will not always treat them with undue complaisance.
He is looking with complaisance upon the achievement of years of labor.
The fifth law is complaisance that every man strive to accommodate himself to the rest.
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