Definition of Complaisances. Meaning of Complaisances. Synonyms of Complaisances

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Definition of Complaisances

Complaisance
Complaisance Com"plai*sance` (?; 277), n. [F. complaisance. See Complaisant, and cf. Complacence.] Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility. These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people. --Addison. They strive with their own hearts and keep them down, In complaisance to all the fools in town. --Young. Syn: Civility; courtesy; urbanity; suavity; affability; good breeding.

Meaning of Complaisances from wikipedia

- . The breach of this law is called 'ingratitude'". The fifth law is complaisance: "that every man strive to accommodate himself to the rest. ... The observers...
- his devotional exercises, it is his dearest pastime. She is full of complaisance for the king, pious, blameless and worthy of all the love of such a husband...
- "Every word or attitude is forbidden which by flattery, adulation, or complaisance encourages and confirms another in malicious acts and perverse conduct...
- 2001) : l'étude la plus récente sur la vie d'Auguste Comte, la vision sans complaisance d'une psychanalyste de l'école de Lacan Auguste Comte, Positive Philosophy...
- reprobating the enslaving the inhabitants of Africa was struck out in complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia, who had never attempted to restrain the...
- "every word or attitude is forbidden which by flattery, adulation, or complaisance encourages and confirms another in malicious acts and perverse conduct...
- articles publiés sur les films de ces producteurs, ils seraient suspects de complaisance », souligne le communiqué. "La rédaction quitte les Cahiers du cinéma...
- married to him. According to Morgenstern, "He had none of that astonishing complaisance by which lovers, whether husbands or friends, s**** to win the favor of...
- Retrieved 27 August 2016. "La dérive financière de Sciences Po et la complaisance de l'État". 12 October 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February...
- ISBN 978-0-907015-99-4. (c. 1981) Civilisation ou barbarie: anthropologie sans complaisance, Présence Africaine, ISBN 978-2-7087-0394-0, ISBN 978-2-7087-0394-0....