ἀρεσκία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ (< ἀρέσκω), [in LXX (-εία): Pro.31:30 (חֵן) * ;] pleasing, desire to please: Col.1:19 In Gk. writers (Arist., Polyb.), most freq. in bad sense, but in π., Inscr., and in Philo, as above (see Deiss., BS, 224; MM, see word; Cremer, 642).† (AS)
Thayer:
1) desire to please
ἀρέσκεια
areskeia
ar-es'-ki-ah
From a derivative of G700; complaisance