Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Obliging \O*bli"ging\, a.
   Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;
   hence, helpful; civil; kind.

         Mons.Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging
         to a stranger who desires the sight of them. --Addison.

   Syn: Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- {Obliging},
        {Kind}, {Complaisant}.

   Usage: One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is
          complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social
          intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one
          who is obliging performs some actual service, or has
          the disposition to do so. -- {O*bli"ging*ly}. adv. --
          {O*bli"ging*ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

obligingness
     n : a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
         [syn: {complaisance}, {compliance}, {compliancy}, {deference}]