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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