complaisance
Example Sentences
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“The hope for a privileged relationship demanded big gestures and compromises, special restraint and complaisance of the tango partners,” Aleksandr Baunov wrote in an opinion piece on the analytical website Carnegie.ru, of which he is editor.
From New York Times
There are more emphatic reasons for the market’s complaisance.
From New York Times
Mason warned about a “false complaisance” that would make Senators reluctant to oppose a nominee if that meant openly sparring with the president.
Robert J. Samuelson exuded a dangerous fatalism regarding climate change sadly similar to that which Republican presidential candidates are using to justify their irresponsible complaisance on the issue.
From Washington Post
But we were still kids, delaying the inevitable — the day we had to leave the island and step into a world where street lights and chain restaurants pounded the senses into complaisance.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
