Condescendence Definition
kŏndĭ-sĕndəns
noun
Condescension.
Webster's New World
A listing of particulars.
Webster's New World
The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors, condescension. syn.
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Origin of Condescendence
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From French condescendance, from condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere (“to let one's self down, stoop, condescend”), from Latin com- (“together”) + descendere (“to come down”); see condescend.
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