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It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.
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Meaning of "complaisance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMPLAISANCE

complaisance  [kəmˈpleɪzəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPLAISANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Complaisance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMPLAISANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Compliance

Compliance can mean: ▪ In mechanical science, the inverse of stiffness ▪ In healthcare: ▪ Compliance, a patient's adherence to a recommended course of treatment ▪ Compliance, the tendency of a hollow organ to resist recoil toward its original dimensions ▪ Pulmonary compliance, change in lung volume for applied or dynamic pressure ▪ Compliance, responding favorably to a request offered by others ▪ Regulatory compliance, adherence to standards, regulations, and other requirements ▪ Environmental compliance, conforming to environmental laws, regulations, standards and other requirements ▪ Compliance, released in 2012 ▪ Standards compliant, meaning compliance to web standards...

Definition of complaisance in the English dictionary

The definition of complaisance in the dictionary is deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance. Other definition of complaisance is an act of willing compliance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPLAISANCE


chevisance
ˈtʃɛvɪzəns
cognisance
ˈkɒɡnɪzəns
cognizance
ˈkɒɡnɪzəns
defeasance
dɪˈfiːzəns
incognisance
ɪnˈkɒɡnɪzəns
incognizance
ɪnˈkɒɡnɪzəns
malfeasance
mælˈfiːzəns
misfeasance
mɪsˈfiːzəns
multipresence
ˌmʌltɪˈprɛzəns
nonfeasance
ˌnɒnˈfiːzəns
omnipresence
ˈɒmnɪˈprɛzəns
pleasance
ˈplɛzəns
Pleasence
ˈplɛzəns
presence
ˈprɛzəns
recognisance
rɪˈkɒɡnɪzəns
recognizance
rɪˈkɒɡnɪzəns
recusance
ˈrɛkjʊˌzəns
suffisance
ˈsʌfɪzəns
telepresence
ˈtɛlɪˌprɛzəns
usance
ˈjuːzəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPLAISANCE

complacence
complacencies
complacency
complacent
complacently
complain
complainant
complainer
complainingly
complainings
complaint
complaints procedure
complaisant
complaisantly
complanate
complanation
compleat
complect
complected
complement

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPLAISANCE

advance
brisance
conversance
counterfeisance
displeasance
Early Renaissance
feasance
High Renaissance
impuissance
menaissance
nuisance
obeisance
photoreconnaissance
public nuisance
puissance
reconnaissance
reconnoissance
renaissance
the Early Renaissance
the High Renaissance
the Renaissance

Synonyms and antonyms of complaisance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COMPLAISANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «complaisance» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of complaisance

Translation of «complaisance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPLAISANCE

Find out the translation of complaisance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of complaisance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «complaisance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

殷勤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

complacencia
570 millions of speakers

English

complaisance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

complaisance
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كياسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

покладистость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

complaisance
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভদ্রতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

complaisance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelulusan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gefälligkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

愛想のよさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정중
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Complaisance
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ân cần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

complaisance
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कौतुक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hoşgörü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

compiacenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

complaisance
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поступливість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

complezență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποχρεωτικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

inschikkelijkheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

undfallenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

complaisance
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of complaisance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPLAISANCE»

The term «complaisance» is regularly used and occupies the 88.830 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPLAISANCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «complaisance» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «complaisance» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about complaisance

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QUOTES WITH «COMPLAISANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word complaisance.
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Agnes Repplier
It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPLAISANCE»

Discover the use of complaisance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to complaisance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mapping Discord: Allegorical Cartography in Early Modern ...
relative spatial location of Complaisance; situated between NouvelU Amitie and Soumission, the map-reading lover hopes to know what Complaisance is and where it is located. But when Complaisance receives full treatment by the novel's  ...
Jeffrey N. Peters, 2004
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The Christian Library: A Weekly Republication of Popular ...
Crabbe, in his English Synonymes, has given us this definition of courtesy and complaisance : — " Courteous in one respect comprehends more than complaisant; it includes the manner, as well as the action ; it is, properly speaking , polished ...
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
COMPLAISANCE. eomplaiain ; religion only can arm the soul against all the ills of life: the rebellious Israelites were frequently guilty of murfnurings, not only inst Moses, but even against their Almighty Deliverer, notwithstanding the repeated ...
George Crabb, 1818
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and ...
G'vil is more general than obliging: one is always civil when one is obliging, but one is not always obliging when one is civil: complaisance is more than either, it refines upon both; it is a branch of politeness (17. Civil, polite). Civil regards the ...
George Crabb, 1830
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order ...
COMPLAISANCE. COMPLETE. tation is made for the sake of ascertaining a fact or bringing to punishment. A complaint may be frivolous ; an accusation false. People in subordinate stations should be careful to give no cause for complaint: the ...
George Crabb, 1892
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The Christian library: A reprint of popular religious works
Crabbe, in his English Synonymes, has given as this definition of courtesy and complaisance : — " Courteous in one respect comprehends more than complaisant ; it includes the manner, as well as the action ; it is, properly speaking, polished ...
Richard Watson, Thomas Taylor, Thomas Raffles, 1836
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English synonymes explained with illustrations and exemples ...
346 COMPLAISANCE. against Moses, but even against their Almighty Deliverer, notwithstanding the repeated manifestations of his goodness. and power. A want of confi,dence in God is the only cause of rcpinings. He who sees the hand of ...
George Crabb, 1824
8
The serial and oral method of teaching languages
Ayez la complaisance de me passer le pain ? — Ayez la comptai- sance de me passer le vin? — Ayez la complaisance de me procurer du gibier ? — Ayez la complaisance de m'en procurer pour ce soir ? — Ayez la complaisance de faire cela ...
Louis Manesca, 1870
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English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order with ...
In Alphabetical Order with Copious Illustrations and Examples Drawn from the Best Writers; to which is Now Added an Index to the Words George Crabb. COMPLAISANCE 230 COMPLETE COMPLEXITY 231 COMPLY. nation is made for the ...
George Crabb, 1879
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Kant's Observations and Remarks: A Critical Guide
One might expect a different sort of “universalism” in Kant's reference to universal respect and its related “kindly feeling,” complaisance. But complaisance, which is ultimately oriented towards “mak[ing] ourselves agreeable to others through ...
Susan Meld Shell, Richard Velkley, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPLAISANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term complaisance is used in the context of the following news items.
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Long Beach school named for Robert E. Lee gives some pause after …
Unlike Lincoln he accepted the bondage of other human beings with bland complaisance." Moreover, Brooks noted, Lee "supported the ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
Going sour: sweet words in slang
... this usually occurs as “keep/have someone sweet”—to keep someone well disposed toward oneself, especially by complaisance or bribery. «OUPblog, Jul 15»
3
Bloc-notes : l’État à reculons face à l’ennemi intérieur
Cette hypocrisie est au mieux une lâcheté de complaisance , qui ... Plus de risettes de complaisance aux islamistes: ils sont ultra dangereux. «Le Figaro, Jul 15»
4
L'obligation de paiement par chèques est–elle réaliste?
... dinars pour l'achat de biens immobiliers et un million de dinars pour l'achat de yachts ou bateaux de complaisance , matérielle roulant neufs ... «Liberté-Algérie, Jul 15»
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Cameroun – France - Thomas Deltombe, journaliste et essayiste …
La guerre cachée aux origines de la Françafrique (1948-1971) », ce journaliste et essayiste livre un regard sans complaisance sur les ... «Cameroon-info.net, Jul 15»
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Does Pope Francis Know About Peter's Sword?
How much easier is it to shackle a populace who are first made docile by training the heart and mind into complaisance. It's easy leading ... «Town Hall, Jun 15»
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Impacts limités de la rationalisation du carburant sans une politique …
Le nouveau Ministre des transports a dressé un bilan sans complaisance de la situation du secteur qui connait d'importants dysfonctionnements se répercutant ... «Liberté-Algérie, Jun 15»
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Column: The Robert E. Lee problem
Unlike Lincoln, he accepted the bondage of other human beings with bland complaisance. His wife inherited 196 slaves from her father. «Bend Bulletin, Jun 15»
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The Robert E. Lee problem and reshaping culture in the South
Unlike Lincoln, he accepted the bondage of other humans with bland complaisance. His wife inherited 196 slaves from her father. Her father's ... «The Seattle Times, Jun 15»
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Ali Amar se prépare à sortir un livre sur Moulay Hicham
À travers son livre, Ali Amar, souhaite briser l'image « d'un démocrate, d'un ''prince rouge'', au discours sans complaisance » comme l'indique ... «Telquel.ma, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Complaisance [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/complaisance>. Apr 2024 ».
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