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