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Recent Examples of complaisance Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity. Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022 Sammy’s awareness of his mother’s infidelity, his father’s complaisance, and how both were relieved by his creative Boy Scout merit-badge projects and fantasies requires a separate article. Armond White, National Review, 16 Nov. 2022 What is lost is the look of complaisance that defines young founders looking for capital. Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 2 Mar. 2021 There are more emphatic reasons for the market’s complaisance. Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for complaisance
friendliness
Noun
  • Ireland ranked number 23 in USA Today's ranking of the best countries in the world in 2024, primarily because of the friendliness of its people and its interesting Celtic heritage.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • Still, Stein's friendliness toward Republicans so far is somewhat unprecedented.
    Lucille Sherman, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025

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“Complaisance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complaisance. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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