Complaisance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Complaisance	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Complaisance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
complaisance n a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others Synonym(s): complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Complaisance \Com"plaisance`\ (?; 277), n. [F. complaisance. See {Complaisant}, and cf. {Complacence}.] Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility. These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance* and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people. --Addison. They strive with their own hearts and keep them down, In complaisance to all the fools in town. --Young. Syn: Civility; courtesy; urbanity; suavity; affability; good breeding.