douceur
Noun
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Noun
douceur
- Sweetness of manner: agreeableness, gentleness.
- (obsolete) Sweet speech: a compliment.
- A sweetener: a gift offered to sweeten another's attitude, a tip or bribe.
- (UK) A tax break provided as an inducement to sell valuable items (especially art) to public collections rather than on the open market.
- (sweet speech) See Thesaurus:praise
- (sweetener) See gift, gratuity, and Thesaurus:bribe
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