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noun
The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors, condescension.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An articulate statement annexed to a summons, setting forth the allegations in fact upon which an action is founded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: Scots law
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History
From French condescendance, from condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere (“to let oneself down, stoop, condescend”), from Latin com- (“together”) + descendere (“to come down”). See condescend.
