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placatory

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pla·cate  (plkt, plkt)
tr.v. pla·cat·ed, pla·cat·ing, pla·cates
To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease. See Synonyms at pacify.

[Latin plcre, plct-, to calm; see plk-1 in Indo-European roots.]

placater n.
pla·cation (pl-kshn) n.
placa·tory (-tôr, -tr), placative (-ktv) adj.

placatory [pləˈkeɪtərɪ ˈplækətərɪ -trɪ] less commonly, placative [pləˈkeɪtɪv ˈplækətɪv]
adj
placating or intended to placate
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.placatory - intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech"
conciliative, conciliatory - intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit"

placatory
adjective calming, appeasing, conciliatory, peacemaking, designed to please, pacificatory, propitiative He spoke in a placatory tone.
Translations
placatory [pləˈkeɪtərɪ] ADJ [act, gesture, smile] → apaciguador
placatory [pləˈkeɪtəri] adjlénifiant(e)
placatory
adjbeschwichtigend, besänftigend; gesture alsoversöhnlich; he held out a placatory hander streckte seine Hand zur Versöhnung aus
placatory [pləˈkeɪtərɪ] adj (gesture, tone, words) → tranquillizzante, conciliante


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