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complacence

/kəmˈpleɪsəns/

complacence noun: being complacent; a feeling of contentment or satisfaction; complacency.

Noun

complacence (countable and uncountable, plural complacences)

  1. (archaic) Being complacent; a feeling of contentment or satisfaction; complacency.
    • [T]he inward Complacence we find in acting reaſonably and vertuouſly, and the Diſquiet we feel from vicious Choices and Purſuits, is protracted beyond the Acts themſelves from whence it aroſe, and renewed often upon our Souls, by diſtant Reflections; […]1703 June 9 (Gregorian calendar), Francis Atterbury, “A Sermon Preached at St. Paul’s before the Lord Mayor. May 30, 1703”, in Thomas Moore, editor, Sermons on Several Occasions. […], volume II...
  2. (obsolete) Delight, pleasure.
    • O thou, my sole complacence.1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  3. (obsolete) Complaisance; a willingness to comply with others' wishes.
    • He told his sister, if she pleased, the new-born infant should be bred up together with little Tommy; to which she consented, though with some little reluctance: for she had truly a great complacence for her brother […]1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC

complacence meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

complacence in Malayalam

complacence
പ്രസന്നത prasannata, അഹങ്കാരം ahaṅkāraṁ
complacence, self-satisfaction
ആത്മസംതൃപ്തി ātmasantr̥pti

complacence in Kannada

ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯ ಸುಖ, ಸಂತೃಪ್ತಿ

Synonyms of complacence

Forms of complacence

pluralcomplacences

Origin of complacence

From late Middle English complacence, from Medieval Latin complacentia, from Latin complaceō (“to please”).

Questions about complacence

What does complacence mean?
Complacence means being complacent; a feeling of contentment or satisfaction; complacency.
What is complacence in Malayalam?
Complacence in Malayalam is പ്രസന്നത (prasannata), അഹങ്കാരം (ahaṅkāraṁ), ആത്മസംതൃപ്തി (ātmasantr̥pti). See Complacence meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is complacence?
Complacence is a noun.
How do you pronounce complacence?
Complacence is pronounced /kəmˈpleɪsəns/.
What is the plural of complacence?
The plural of complacence is complacences.

Words near complacence in the dictionary

  1. compiss
  2. compital
  3. Compitalia
  4. Compiègne
  5. compl.
  6. complacence
  7. complacences
  8. complacencies
  9. complacency
  10. complacent
  11. complacential

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Adapted from Wiktionary: complacence (page history and authors); അഹങ്കാരം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); complacence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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