complaisant

 
Pronunciation: /kəmˈpleɪz(ə)nt/

adjective

  • willing to please others or to accept what they do or say without protest: he went to join his apparently complaisant wife for Christmas

Derivatives

complaisance

noun

Origin:

mid 17th century: French, from complaire 'acquiesce in order to please', from Latin complacere 'to please'

Complaisant does not mean the same as complacent. See complacent (usage).