Complacence

/kəmˈpleɪsəns/

Synonyms for "complacence" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (3)

Related words (6)

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More general

4 entries
attitudecognitive biasemotional statesatisfaction

More specific

4 entries
bureaucratic complacencehabitual complacenceinstitutional complacencemoral complacence

Collocations

6 entries
cultural complacencemoral complacencepolitical complacenceprofessional complacencequiet complacenceself-satisfaction

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

[T]he inward Complacence we find in acting reaſonably and vertuouſly, and the Diſquiet we feel from vicious Choices and Purſuits, is protracted beyond the Acts themſelves from whence it aroſe, and renewed often upon our Souls, by diſtant Reflections; […]

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O thou, my sole complacence.

Source: wiktionary

He told his sister, if she pleased, the new-born infant should be bred up together with little Tommy; to which she consented, though with some little reluctance: for she had truly a great complacence for her brother […]

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