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complaisance

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com·plai·sance  (km-plsns, -zns)
n.
The inclination to comply willingly with the wishes of others; amiability.
complaisance
the quality or state of being agreeable, gracious, considerate, etc. — complaisant, adj.
See also: Attitudes
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Noun1.complaisance - a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
compliancy, obligingness, compliance, deference
agreeability, agreeableness - a temperamental disposition to be agreeable
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The republican principle demands that the deliberate sense of the community should govern the conduct of those to whom they intrust the management of their affairs; but it does not require an unqualified complaisance to every sudden breeze of passion, or to every transient impulse which the people may receive from the arts of men, who flatter their prejudices to betray their interests.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
It almost seemed as if a real lion were peeping over the back of the chair, and smiling at the group of auditors with a sort of lion-like complaisance.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
He had embraced the Catholic religion, rather through complaisance than conviction or inclination; and many of the Abyssins who had done the same, waited only for an opportunity of making public profession of the ancient erroneous opinions, and of re-uniting themselves to the Church of Alexandria.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
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