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appeasement

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ap·pease·ment  (-pzmnt)
n.
1.
a. An act of appeasing.
b. The condition of being appeased.
2. The policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.appeasement - the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
calming
social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
pacification, mollification - the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined; "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob"
placation, propitiation, conciliation - the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
appeasement
noun 1. pacification, compromise, accommodation, concession, conciliation, acceding, propitiation, mollification, placation
noun 2. easing, relieving, satisfaction, softening, blunting, soothing, quieting, lessening, lulling, quelling, solace, quenching, mitigation, abatement, alleviation, assuagement, tranquillization
Translations
appeasement [əˈpiːzmənt] n (POL) → apaciguamiento
appeasement [əˈpiːzmənt] n (Pol) → apaisement m
appeasement [əˈpiːzmənt] appease n → Beschwichtigung f
appeasement [əˈpiːzmənt] n (POL) → appeasement m inv


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Billee wagged his tail appeasingly, turned to run when he saw that appeasement was of no avail, and cried (still appeasingly) when Spitz's sharp teeth scored his flank.
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Somewhere within him was a higher appeasement of love than mere possession.
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