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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Complaisance; prepossessing disposition or appearance; obliging manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in the way of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The act of
anticipating another'swishes ,desires , etc., by way offavour orcourtesy ;obligingness .
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