[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

complaisance \com"plaisance`\ ?; 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
see also:
complaisant complacence 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

complaisance
     n : a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
         syn: compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference
see also:
compliance compliancy obligingness deference 

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