placatory

pla·cate (pl

, pl

)

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

-k

n) n.

placa·tory (-tôr

, -t

), placative (-k

v) adj.

placatory [pləˈkeɪtərɪ ˈplækətərɪ -trɪ] less commonly, placative [pləˈkeɪtɪv ˈplækətɪv]

adj

placating or intended to placate

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Adj.

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"

appeasing, placating, placative

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] adj → lénifiant(e)

placatory

adj → beschwichtigend, besänftigend; gesture also → versöhnlich; he held out a placatory hand → er streckte seine Hand zur Versöhnung aus

placatory [pləˈkeɪtərɪ] adj (gesture, tone, words) → tranquillizzante, conciliante

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appeasing
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noise
Pacific
peaceful
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pugnacious

Pakistan needs a lot of placatory diplomacy, not hostile 'action', given its past failed strategies," it concluded.

Zardari being unnecessarily targeted for his overture to India: ... by Asian News International

It's time there is some real regulations to prevent this instead of some placatory words.

Just words[ETH] by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)

A further means of coping with abusive relationships mentioned by Walker is self-blame, with victims employing placatory techniques to appease their abusers and reduce the potential for conflict, even to the extent of asking what they have "done wrong" to "provoke" the violence.

A marked man: female-perpetrated intimate partner abuse by Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn / International Journal of Men's Health

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