com‧plai‧sance /kəmˈpleɪz
əns/
noun [uncountable] formal[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: French;
Origin: complaire 'to do what someone wants', from Latin complacere; ⇒ complacent]
willingness to do what pleases other people
—complaisant adjective—complaisantly adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲