COMPLAISANCE, n. 1. A pleasing deportment; courtesy; that manner of address and behavior in social intercourse which gives pleasure; civility; obliging condescension; kind and affable reception and treatment of guests; exterior acts of civility; as, the gentleman received us with complaisance.2. Condescension; obliging compliance with the wishes or humors of others.In complaisance poor Cupid mourned.3. Desire of pleasing; disposition to oblige; the principle for the act.Your complaisance will not permit your guests to be incommoded.
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