placatory

Adjective
Synonyms: appeasingplacatingplacative

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Adjective (1)

  1. 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”Synonyms: appeasingplacatingplacativeOpposite antagonisticSimilar conciliatory, conciliative

Related words gruntle verb

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