condescendence

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.

condescendence (countable and uncountable, plural condescendences)

1. The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors, condescension. [1] ^syn.
2. (Scotland, law) An articulate statement annexed to a summons, setting forth the allegations in fact upon which an action is founded.[2]

• (the act of condescending ^def.): condescension