COMPLACENT

complacent. Complacent, a. cheerful, civil, affable, soft, kind

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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.