01 n. Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; ci…
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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.