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complaisant definition

com·plai·sant (kəm plā′zənt, -sənt; also käm′plə zant′)

adjective

willing to please; affably agreeable; obliging

Etymology: Fr, prp. of complaire < L complacere: see complacent

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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