Placation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Placation \Pla*ca"tion\, n. [L. placatio.]
     The act of placating. [R.] --Puttenham (1589).
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  placation
       n : the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
           [syn: {conciliation}, {propitiation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "placation":
     United Nations troops, appeasement, calming, conciliation, detente,
     dulcification, easing of relations, mediation, mollification,
     pacification, peace-keeping force, peacemaking, peacemongering,
     placability, propitiation, relaxation of tension, soothing,
     tranquilization