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complaisance

N การ ทำให้ พอใจ  การ เอาใจ  affability courtesy kan-tam-hai-por-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPLAISANCE

n. 1. A pleasing deportment; courtesy; that manner of address and behavior in social intercourse which gives pleasure; civility; obliging condescension; kind and affable reception and treatment of guests; exterior acts of civility; as, the gentleman received us with complaisance.
2. Condescension; obliging compliance with the wishes or humors of others.
In complaisance poor Cupid mourned.
3. Desire of pleasing; disposition to oblige; the principle for the act.
Your complaisance will not permit your guests to be incommoded.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPLAISANCE

Com "plai *sance `, n. Etym: [F. complaisance. See Complaisant, and cf. Complacence. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

French Dictionary

complaisance

complaisance n. f. nom féminin 1 Satisfaction de soi. : Se vanter avec complaisance. SYNONYME orgueil ; vanité . 2 Obligeance, amabilité. SYNONYME empressement . 3 Indulgence excessive.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

complaisance

com plai sance /kəmpléɪs (ə )ns |-z (ə )ns /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠丁寧, いんぎん .