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complaisance Definition


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complaisant
adj
    1. Eager to please; obliging; amenable.
      Thesaurus: compliant, deferential, obedient, docile, amenable, tractable, amiable, agreeable, solicitous, gracious; Antonym: obstinate, perverse.
Derivative: complaisance
noun
    Derivative: complaisantly
    adverb
      Etymology: 17c: French, from Latin complacere to be very pleasing to.



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