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complaisant adjective [ kəmˈpleɪz(ə)nt ]

• willing to please others or to accept what they do or say without protest.
• "there are too many complaisant doctors signing sick notes"
Similar: willing, assenting, acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, cooperative, accommodating, obliging, biddable, compliant, pliant, deferential, docile, obedient, conformable, tractable,
Opposite: unwilling,
Origin: mid 17th century: French, from complaire ‘acquiesce in order to please’, from Latin complacere ‘to please’.


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