Associations to the word «Complaisant»

Wiktionary

COMPLAISANT, adjective. Compliant
COMPLAISANT, adjective. Willing to do what pleases others.
COMPLAISANT, adjective. (archaic) polite, showing respect

Dictionary definition

COMPLAISANT, adjective. Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke