complaisance
the quality of being complaisant.
a complaisant act.
Origin of complaisance
1Other words from complaisance
- non·com·plai·sance, noun
- un·com·plai·sance, noun
Words Nearby complaisance
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How to use complaisance in a sentence
I proceed how to examine some of those practices to which the priests tell us the Deity attaches his complaisance and his favors.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry HolbachBasilio would smile bitterly and reflect that in this world complaisance with vice is rewarded better than fulfilment of duty.
The Reign of Greed | Jose RizalHe saw that he was getting beyond control, and, under an exterior of compliance and complaisance, he was genuinely alarmed.
Sevenoaks | J. G. HollandI try'd to pacify him, and spar'd no Pains nor complaisance for it, but all to no purpose.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I | Karl Ludwig von PllnitzMy first theft was occasioned by complaisance, but it was productive of others which had not so plausible an excuse.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete | Jean Jacques Rousseau
British Dictionary definitions for complaisance
/ (kəmˈpleɪzəns) /
deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
an act of willing compliance
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