Definitions for: Complaisance


[n] a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others



Webster (1913) Definition: Com"plai*sance` (?; 277), n. [F. complaisance.
See Complaisant, and cf. Complacence.]
Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the
wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to
please; courtesy; civility.

These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and
gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our
people. --Addison.

They strive with their own hearts and keep them down,
In complaisance to all the fools in town. --Young.

Syn: Civility; courtesy; urbanity; suavity; affability; good
breeding.

Synonyms: compliance, compliancy, deference, obligingness

See Also: agreeability, agreeableness

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