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placatory

pla·ca·tory

UK/pləˈkeɪtəɹi/ uncommon

adjective

1.

tending or 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”

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