NOUN | act | appeasement, calming | the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) |
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Sounds | ahpiy'zmahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of). | |
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Synonym | calming | |
Narrower | pacification, mollification | The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined |
placation, conciliation, propitiation | The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity | |
Broader | social control | Control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
Spanish | apaciguamiento, aplacamiento, política de apaciguamiento | |
Catalan | assossegament, mitigació |
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