\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.

      These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and
      gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our
      people.                                  --Addison.

      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.