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Meaning of Complaisance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The quality of being complaisant, amiable or agreeable.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية اللّطف
Deutsch Gefälligkeit Verbindlichkeit
Esperanto komplezo
Français complaisance
Latina accommodatio comitas obsequentia
Polski usłużność
Português complacência
Svenska foglighet undfallenhet

Examples

“I see⟳ he has premeditated a Denial by the Complaisance of his Features.”
“It is no wonder⟳ that in an age when this kind of merit is so little in fashion, and so slenderly provided for, persons possessed of it should very eagerly flock to a place⟳ where they were sure of being received with great complaisance; indeed, where they might enjoy⟳ almost the same advantages of a liberal fortune as if they were entitled to it in their own⟳ right.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Complaisances Complaisant Complaisantly complaisantness complaisaunce complanadine

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