Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
complaisance
n 1: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
[syn: {complaisance}, {compliance}, {compliancy},
{obligingness}, {deference}]
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
complaisance /kɔ̃plɛzɑ̃s/
favor; favour
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
