Condescension: alternatives and connections

The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.

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Affability.

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The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.

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The quality of being amiable; amiability.

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The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, d…

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Alt. of Bonhommie

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The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.

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The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to.

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Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.

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The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.

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The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.

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Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance.

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The state or quality of being lordly.

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of Condescend

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of Condescend

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To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.

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To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.

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A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

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Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an aut…

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