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complaisance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | compliance, compliancy, deference, obligingness |
| Type of | agreeability, agreeableness |
| Derivation | complaisant |
Examples of complaisance
complaisance
Complaisance means the willingness to comply with the wishes of others.
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Encouraging greater complaisance about their sorry stock of savings probably does them no service.
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The nature of the resulting fearless, tenacious fighting machine requires a different sort of nurture than that of dogs bred for complaisance.
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Premier Maurice Rouvier in 1887 even gave the husband of his mistress the Legion of Honor, presumably for the services eminents he had rendered the chief of government by his complaisance.
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- A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
- (complaisant) showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"
- The quality of being complaisant, amiable or agreeable
- (complaisant) compliant; Willing to do what pleases others; polite, showing respect
- Disposition to please or oblige
- Willingness to please
