Synonyms for complaisance
kəmˈpleɪ səns, -zəns, ˈkɒm pləˌzænscom·plai·sance

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1. complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deferencenoun

   a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

   Synonyms:
   abidance, submission, conformity, respectfulness, respect, deference, conformation, obligingness, compliance, compliancy

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1. • Agreeableness

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1. complaisancenoun

   Synonyms:
   civility, courtesy, politeness, urbanity, suavity, condescension, complacence, affability, good-breeding

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1. List of paraphrases for "complaisance":

   complacency, convenience

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1. Robert Burns:

   The great Creator to revereMust sure become the creatureBut still the preaching cant forbear,And ev'n the rigid featureYet ne'er with wits profane to rangeBe complaisance extendedAn atheist laugh's a poor exchangeFor deity offended.

2. Agnes Repplier:

   It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.