Word Study
Complacence
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- Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. [1913 Webster]"The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously." [1913 Webster]"Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like in themselves." [1913 Webster]
- The cause of pleasure or joy. Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability. [1913 Webster]"Complacency, and truth, and manly sweetness,
Dwell ever on his tongue, and smooth his thoughts." [1913 Webster]"With mean complacence ne'er betray your trust." [1913 Webster]
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