Found 2 items, similar to complaisance.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: complaisance complaisance n : a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others [syn: compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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. [1913 Webster] These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]