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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreeableness |
| Synonyms: | accommodativeness, acquiescence, compliance, courtesy, deference, friendliness, kindness, obligingness, politeness, respect |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, disagreeableness, discontent, dissatisfaction, obstinancy |
| Main Entry: | compliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, amenability, assent, complaisance, concession, concurrence, conformity, consent, deference, docility, obedience, observance, passivity, resignation, submission, submissiveness, tractability, yielding |
| Antonyms: | defiance, denial, disagreement, disobedience, dissension, dissent, fight, nonconformity, refusal, veto |
| Main Entry: | courtesy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
| Synonyms: | address, affability, amenities, amiability, attentiveness, ceremony, chivalry, civility, comity, complaisance, consideration, cordiality, courteousness, courtliness, cultivation, culture, deference, elegance, familiarity, favor, friendliness, gallantness, gallantry, generosity, geniality, gentleness, good behavior, good breeding, graciousness, indulgence, kindness, polish, politeness, refinement, respect, reverence, solicitude, suavity, sympathy, tact, thoughtfulness, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, discourtesy, impoliteness, pompousness, rudeness, unmannerliness |
| Main Entry: | deference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obedience, compliance |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, capitulation, complaisance, condescension, docility, obeisance, submission, yielding |
| Notes: | deference is a courteous expression of regard or respect, while difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar |
| Antonyms: | disobedience, impoliteness, noncompliance |
| Main Entry: | flexibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elasticity, adaptability |
| Synonyms: | adjustability, affability, complaisance, compliance, docility, extensibility, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, limberness, litheness, plasticity, pliability, pliancy, resilience, springiness, suppleness, tensility, tractability |
| Antonyms: | constraint, inelasticity, inflexibility, resistance |
| Main Entry: | politeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courtesy |
| Synonyms: | affability, amenity, civility, comity, complaisance, convention, courtliness, decorousness, decorum, deference, diplomacy, etiquette, euphemism, pleasantry, polish, politesse, protocol, suaveness, suavity, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | impoliteness, rudeness |
| Main Entry: | compliancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obedience |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, amenability, amenableness, complaisance, compliance, conforming, deference, passivity, submissiveness, tractability, tractableness, yielding |
| Main Entry: | genteelness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courtesy |
| Synonyms: | affability, amenities, amiability, attentiveness, ceremony, chivalry, civility, comity, complaisance, consideration, cordiality, courteousness, courtliness, cultivation, culture, deference, elegance, familiarity, favor, friendliness, gallantness, gallantr |
| Main Entry: | malleability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flexibility |
| Synonyms: | adjustability, affability, complaisance, compliance, docility, ductility, elasticity, extensibility, extensibleness, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, limberness, litheness, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, suppleness, tensility, tractability |
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