complaisance
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com·plai·sance

noun \kəm-ˈplā-sən(t)s, -zən(t)s; ˌkäm-plā-ˈzan(t)s, -plə-, -ˈzän(t)s\

Definition of COMPLAISANCE

: disposition to please or comply : affability

Examples of COMPLAISANCE

  1. <the complaisance of his girlfriend is such that she meekly goes along with everything he says>

First Known Use of COMPLAISANCE

1651

Rhymes with COMPLAISANCE

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