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complaisant

com·plai·sant [ kəm pláyss'nt, kəm pláyz'nt ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
seeking to please: showing a willingness to please others by carrying out, or allowing them to carry out, their wishes

[Mid-17th century. < French, present participle of complaire "agree in order to please" < Latin complacere (see complacent)]

com·plai·sance noun
com·plai·sant·ly adverb
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