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Placative

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Adjective

1. appeasing, placating, placative, placatory

intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions

Example Sentences:
'the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich'
'placating (or placative) gestures'
'an astonishingly placatory speech'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Placative

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adjective
another word for placatory

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Placative

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

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