Word Meanings - CONDESCENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An act of condescension. Dr. H. More.

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• CONDESCENSION
  The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors. It forbids pride . . . and commands humility, modesty, and condescension to others. Tillotson. Such a dignity and