PLACATIVE

placating, appeasing(a), placative, placatory

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

placative (comparative more placative, superlative most placative)

(chiefly US) That placates; pacifying.

Synonyms

• placatory

Source: Wiktionary



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