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# complaisance

«complaisance» in Mova's school dictionary: **Old use: politeness and a readiness to please others…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (complaisance)

### meaning for a pupil

Old use: politeness and a readiness to please others, being kind and obliging. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaisance/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old verse, good manners that are rewarded in the end; "civil behaviour" needs a little complaisance

### examples

- He showed complaisance by giving his seat to the old man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaisance/#x1)
- Good manners and complaisance make friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaisance/#x2)
- Kindness and complaisance are often rewarded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaisance/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «complaisance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaisance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.