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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Complaisant \Com"plai*sant\, a. [F. complaisant, p. pr of complaire to acquiesce as a favor, fr L. complacere See {Complacent}.] Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as a complaisant gentleman. There are to whom my satire seems too bold: Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough. --Pope. Syn: Obliging; courteous; affable; gracious; civil; polite; well-bred. See {Obliging}. -- {Com"plai*sant`ly}, adv -- {Com"plai*sant`ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: complaisant adj : showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave" [syn: {obliging}]
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