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a desire or disposition to please
- the complaisance of his girlfriend is such that she meekly goes along with everything he says
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“Complaisance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complaisance. Accessed 3 Jul. 2022.
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The first known use of complaisance was in 1651
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