English → Latin
“complaisance” in Latin
hūmānitāshumaneness, humane conduct, philanthropy, benevolence, kindliness; courtesy, politeness, good manners, social grace; reffacilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile; ready, quick, easily movingfacilitāsease, easiness, facility, readiness; willingness; affability, courteousness; levity, heedlessnesscōmitāspoliteness, courtesy; kindness, kindliness; friendliness, affabilityobsequiumcomplaisance, yielding, compliance, obedience; allegiance; deference, obsequiousness, flatteryobsequorto accommodate oneself to the will of another person; comply with, yield to, gratify, oblige, humor, submit; to yield to
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
complaisance
humanitas: mores commodi or faciles: facilitas: comitas: obsequium: obsequentia (Caes.): voluntas officiosa (Ov., Pont., 3, 2, 17). SYN. in OBLIGING.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for complaisance?
- The usual Latin words for “complaisance” are hūmānitās, facilis, facilitās; also cōmitās, obsequium, obsequor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.