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mollification

mol·li·fi·cation

uncommon

noun

1.

a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered

2.

the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined

  • “a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants”
  • “his unsuccessful mollification of the mob”
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Origin

From Old French mollificacion, from Latin mollificātiō, form of molliō. By surface analysis, mollify + -ification.

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