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Complaisance

Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.

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Agreeability 76% connected

Easiness of disposition.

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Agreeableness 76% connected

The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.

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Complaisant 74% connected

Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.

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Complaisant 74% connected

Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.

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Compliance 92% connected

The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.

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Compliancy 92% connected

Compliance; disposition to yield to others.

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Deference 92% connected

A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.

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Accommodate verb · 78% connection

To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodging…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disposition, please, oblige, obliging, compliance.
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Accommodating adjective · 78% connection

Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.

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Amenity noun · 78% connection

The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disposition, please, oblige, obliging, compliance.
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Attention noun · 78% connection

An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disposition, please, oblige, obliging, compliance.
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Bind verb · 78% connection

Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disposition, please, oblige, obliging, compliance.
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Castle-guard noun · 78% connection

A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disposition, please, oblige, obliging, compliance.
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Ceremony noun · 78% connection

Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or auth…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disposition, please, oblige, obliging, compliance.
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Clever adjective · 78% connection

Good-natured; obliging.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disposition, please, oblige, obliging, compliance.
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Comity noun · 78% connection

Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of States.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disposition, please, oblige, obliging, compliance.
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Compel verb · 78% connection

To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

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