complaisance

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com·plai·sance (k

m-pl

ns, -z

ns)

The inclination to comply willingly with the wishes of others; amiability.

complaisance [kəmˈpleɪzəns]

1. deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance

2. an act of willing compliance

complaisance

the quality or state of being agreeable, gracious, considerate, etc. — complaisant, adj.

See also: Attitudes

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Noun

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

compliancy, obligingness, compliance, deference

agreeability, agreeableness - a temperamental disposition to be agreeable

Translations

complaisance [kəmˈpleɪzəns] N (liter) → complacencia f, sumisión f

complaisance

n (liter) → Gefälligkeit f

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