complaisance
pronunciation
How to pronounce complaisance in British English:
UK [kəm'pleɪzəns]
How to pronounce complaisance in American English:
US [kəmˈplesəns, -zəns]
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- Noun:
- a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
Word Origin
- complaisance (n.)
- 1650s, from French complaisance (14c.), in Middle French "care or desire to please," from Medieval Latin complacentia (see complacence).
Example
- 1. After my return to london I had to expiate in bed the consequences of my fatuous complaisance .
- 2. The sensible decision by shinzo abe , japanese prime minister , to repair his country 's damaged relationship with china as soon as he took office last year is sometimes misinterpreted as a sign of complaisance .