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appease::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | propitiate |
| Type of | make up, patch up, settle, conciliate, reconcile |
| Derivation | appeasable, appeaser |
appease::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
| Type of | calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize |
| Derivation | appeasable |
Examples of appease
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I have not tried to appease these fabricators nor have I stooped to their level.
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Churchill was an honourable exception, but most Tories wanted to appease Hitler.
From the guardian.co.uk
To appease tribes, it was amended to expressly forbid individual bingo machines.
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Obama wanted to appease the oil suppliers but failed miserably in this endeavor.
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Is it to appease the Catholic Church and orthodox Jewry, along with the Moslems?
From the guardian.co.uk
To appease local sentiments, a large donation was made to rebuild the monastery.
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Time will tell if Alexa has done enough to appease its strong and vocal critics.
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To appease the masses, I've changed the picture with the addition of a new item.
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Failing to appease these ancestors will result in the wrath of the Ekpe society.
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- Pacify: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
- Quell: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
- Propitiate: make peace with
- (appeasement) the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
- Appeasing(a): 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"
- Appeasement is commonly understood to refer to a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to another power.James P. Levy, Appeasement and rearmament: Britain, 1936-1939, Rowman and Littlefield, 2006 It has been described as "... ...
- To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred); To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of
- (appeasement) The policy of pacifying an aggressive nation in the hopes of avoiding further conflict.
- (146. appeasement) giving someone their way to avoid a fight
