complaisance
French → English
(behavior) Compliance: the act of obliging others or accommodating their tastes to please them
Il a accepté cette mission par pure complaisance pour son ami.
(English) He accepted this mission out of pure compliance to please his friend.
Elle a répondu à sa requête avec une complaisance qui l'a surpris.
(English) She responded to his request with an obliging manner that surprised him.
(psychology) Complacency: a feeling of self-satisfaction, often accompanied by unawareness of deficiencies
Il s'admira dans le miroir avec une certaine complaisance après son discours.
(English) He admired himself in the mirror with a certain complacency after his speech.
La complaisance des dirigeants a empêché l'entreprise d'évoluer.
(English) The complacency of the leaders prevented the company from evolving.
Entry ID: fr:en:complaisance · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary