Obligingness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  obliging \o*bli"ging\ ([-o]*bl[imac]"j[i^]ng), a.
     Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;
     hence, helpful; civil; kind.
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           Mons. Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very


           obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them.
                                                    --Addison.
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     Syn: Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- {Obliging},
          {Kind}, {Complaisant}.
  
     Usage: One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is
            complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social
            intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one
            who is obliging performs some actual service, or has
            the disposition to do so.
            [1913 Webster] -- {O*bli"ging*ly}. adv. --
            {O*bli"ging*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  obligingness
       n : a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
           [syn: {complaisance}, {compliance}, {compliancy}, {deference}]