'Complaisance' definitions:
Definition of 'complaisance'
(from WordNet)
noun
A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others [syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference]
Definition of 'Complaisance'
From: GCIDE
- Complaisance \Com"plai*sance`\ (?; 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. [1913 Webster]
- These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]