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complaisance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of complaisance

a desire or disposition to please

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

Synonyms of complaisance

amenability, amiability, good-naturedness

Words Related to complaisance

affability, amicability, amicableness, congeniality, cordiality, friendliness, geniality, sociability

agreeableness, graciousness, pleasantness

kindheartedness, kindliness, warmheartedness

acquiescence, compliance, docility, passivity, submissiveness

Near Antonyms of complaisance

disagreeableness, sullenness, surliness, ungraciousness

disobedience, intractability, recalcitrance

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