COMPLAISANCE


Meaning of COMPLAISANCE in English

kəmˈplās ə n](t)s also kəmˈplāz ə n](t)s or ˈkämplāˌzan](t)s or -plə̇ˌz- or -ˌzaa(ə)n- or -ˌzän- or -ˌzȧn- or ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ noun

( -s )

Etymology: French, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin complacentia satisfaction, good will, pleasure — more at complacence

: ready disposition to please (as by acceding to another's wishes) : pleasing ingratiating deportment

with that complaisance from which a stranger generally infers that he is welcome — William Cowper

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.