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< complacency

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com·pla·cent

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nt) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Contented to a fault; self-satisfied and unconcerned: He had become complacent after years of success.
Eager to please; complaisant.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin complacns, complacent- present participle of complacre, to please : com-, intensive pref. ; see com- + placre, to please; see plk-¹ in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
com·placent·ly(Adverb)

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