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Definitions for complaisance
kəmˈpleɪ səns, -zəns, ˈkɒm pləˌzænscom·plai·sance
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Princeton's WordNet
complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deferencenoun
a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
Wiktionary
complaisancenoun
The quality of being complaisant, amiable or agreeable.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Complaisancenoun
Civility; desire of pleasing; act of adulation.
Etymology: complaisance, French.
Her death is but in complaisance to her. Dryden.
You must also be industrious to discover the opinion of your enemies; for you may be assured, that they will give you no quarter, and allow nothing to complaisance. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.
Fair Venus wept the sad disaster
Of having lost her fav’rite dove:
In complaisance poor Cupid mourn’d;
His grief reliev’d his mother’s pain. Matthew Prior.
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complaisance
Complaisance is the willingness to be agreeable or cooperative in order to please others or maintain harmonious relationships. It often involves being flexible, obliging, and tolerant, sometimes at the expense of one's personal preferences or beliefs.
Webster Dictionary
Complaisancenoun
disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of complaisance in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of complaisance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of complaisance in a Sentence
It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.
The great Creator to revereMust sure become the creatureBut still the preaching cant forbear,And ev'n the rigid featureYet ne'er with wits profane to rangeBe complaisance extendedAn atheist laugh's a poor exchangeFor deity offended.
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Translations for complaisance
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- كياسةArabic
- komplezoEsperanto
- अनुग्रहHindi
- előzékenységHungarian
- complacênciaPortuguese
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