| NOUN | state | mollification | a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered |
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| act | mollification, pacification | the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined |
| Meaning | A state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered. | |
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| Broader | peaceableness, peacefulness | A state that is calm and tranquil |
| Verbs | mollify | make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else |
| mollify | cause to be more favorably inclined | |
| Meaning | The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined. | |
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| Example | "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob" | |
| Synonym | pacification | |
| Broader | appeasement, calming | The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) |
| Spanish | acallamiento, pacificación | |
| Catalan | pacificació | |
| Verbs | mollify | make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else |
| mollify | cause to be more favorably inclined | |
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