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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Complacence \Com*pla"cence\, Complacency \Com*pla"cen*cy\, n.
[LL. complacentia: cf F. complaisance. See {Complacent}, and
cf {Complaisance}.]
1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification.
The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably
and virtuously. --Atterbury.
Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with
satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none
of the like in themselves. --Addison.
2. The cause of pleasure or joy. ``O thou, my sole
complacence.'' --Milton.
3. The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good
nature; kindness; civility; affability.
Complacency, and truth, and manly sweetness, Dwell
ever on his tongue, and smooth his thoughts.
--Addison.
With mean complacence ne'er betray your trust.
--Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
complacency
n : the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
"his complacency was absolutely disgusting" [syn: {complacence},
{self-complacency}, {self-satisfaction}]
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