• (n.) Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/complaisance/
Com'plai·sance` noun [ French complaisance . See Complaisant , and confer 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 ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/121