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Complaisance

British pronunciation/kəmplˈeɪsəns/
American pronunciation/kəmplˈeɪsəns/
Complaisance
[NOUN]
1

willingness to do what makes others pleased and accept their opinions

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1I argue that it was removed in complaisance to South Carolina & Georgia, who had never attempted to restrain the importation of slaves, and who on the contrary still wished to continue it.
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