placation

Noun

Meaning

The act of placating.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

conciliation propitiation compromise reconciliation accommodation reunion concession moderation mitigation atonement appeasement amends abatement alleviation soothing

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Antonyms

increasing aggravation difference resistance separation arguing

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Hypernyms

appeasement calming

Anagrams

pactional pactolian

Examples

The whole doctrine of original sin, the Fall, the vicarious Atonement, the placation of the Almighty by blood-all this is abhorrent to me. The spirit-guides do not insist upon these aspects of religion. Arthur Conan Doyle

Close letter words and terms

placater placating placatingly placative placatively placator