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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Complacent \Com*pla"cent\, a. [L. complacens very pleasing, p. pr of complacere com- + placere to please: cf F. complaisant. See {Please} and cf {Complaisant}.] Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as a complacent temper; a complacent smile. They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to kings. --Burke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: complacent adj : contented to a fault; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity" [syn: {self-satisfied}]
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