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Definition of politesse noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

politesse

noun

/ˌpɒlɪˈtes/

/ˌpɑːlɪˈtes/

[uncountable] (from French, literary)

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formal politeness
Word Originearly 18th cent.: French, from Italian politezza, pulitezza, from pulito ‘polite’.

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