placate
1to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
Origin of placate
1Other words for placate
Other words from placate
- pla·cat·er, noun
- pla·ca·tion [pley-key-shuhn], /pleɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun
- un·pla·cat·ed, adjective
Other definitions for placate (2 of 2)
a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
Origin of placate
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How to use placate in a sentence
There is a time and place for a little zoning out, of course, and parents don’t complain too much about a few hours of quiet while the kids are placated with zombies or candy gems.
Toys and science gifts for kids of all ages | PopSci Commerce Team | February 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceLee worries that even if legislation is enough to placate many Singaporeans, the implications outside the country could be serious.
Broken promises: How Singapore lost trust on contact tracing privacy | Bobbie Johnson | January 11, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThat led to his suspension and a flurry of appointments by al-Sarraj aimed at placating Misurata by giving positions and powers to others from the city.
But consuming anger is not placated by justification, not toward the stranger and not toward the self.
And it hardly seems that the ones who have not been placated by now are going to change their minds about the guy over this.
These questions will not be easily dodged; nor will the faithful be placated by casuistry or platitudes.
But the gay community is unlikely to be placated by either the speech or the venue.
There are ways given to women whereby men of his type can be placated.
The Highgrader | William MacLeod RaineThe Orange societies required to be placated, the Presbyterians to be muzzled, the Catholics to be suppressed.
The Evolution of Sinn Fein | Robert Mitchell HenryVenus was still angry at the memory of Psyche's former honors, and she was not to be placated by any prayers, however sincere.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip BakerThe life of her hero had been endangered, and Mrs. Bindle was not to be placated by words.
Mrs. Bindle | Hebert Jenkins"We might just as well get to an understandin'," said the Cap'n, not yet placated.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman Day
British Dictionary definitions for placate
/ (pləˈkeɪt) /
(tr) to pacify or appease
Origin of placate
1Derived forms of placate
- placation, noun
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