Indignation vs Complacence - What's the difference?
indignation | complacence |
An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
A self-righteous anger or disgust.
(archaic) Being complacent; a feeling of contentment or satisfaction; complacency.
* Atterbury
(obsolete) Pleasure, delight.
* Milton
(obsolete) Complaisance; a willingness to comply with others' wishes.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, pp. 33-4:
As nouns the difference between indignation and complacence
is that indignation is an anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice while complacence is (archaic) being complacent; a feeling of contentment or satisfaction; complacency.indignation
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(en noun)complacence
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(-)- The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously.
- 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 [...].