complacence
/kəmˈpleɪsəns/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.32 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Being complacent; a feeling of contentment or satisfaction; complacency.
Archaic; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[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; […]"
- "O thou, my sole complacence."
- "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 […]"
Etymology
From late Middle English complacence, from Medieval Latin complacentia, from Latin complaceō (“to please”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: complacence, complacentia, complaceō