gratificatio

grātĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [gratificor],

a showing kindness , doing favors , obligingness , complaisance (rare but class.): conjungitur impudens gratificatio cum acerba injuria, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 6; id. Mur. 20, 42; id. N. D. 1, 44, 122; Plin. 21, 3, 9, § 12.