complaisance
complaisance · complaisances
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The quality of being complaisant, amiable or agreeableThe quality of being complaisant, amiable or agreeable.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality of being complaisant, amiable or agreeable.
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More definitions
- a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
Translations
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By meaning 1
quality of being complaisant:
Origin
From French. See complaisant. By surface analysis, com- + plaisance.From French. See complaisant. By surface analysis, com- + plaisance.
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Forms
plural: complaisancesSynonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others:compliancecompliancyobligingnessdeference
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedcomplaisant
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable