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
The comfort of the ever-present digital existence translates to knowing others feel the same placation.
There was such a twang of temper in his voice that Crofts heard at once, and made a quick effort at placation.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesAs a physiologist he believed in the artificial placation of malignant agencies chiefly operative during somnolence.
Ulysses | James JoyceI recognized at last how far Lucretia in her lonely agony was beyond any trite placation of mine.
The Preliminaries | Cornelia A. P. ComerFor the placation of Bildad Rose there was news of a stable, not ruined beyond service, with hay in a loft, near the house.
Heart of the West | O. Henry
In Smith's theory there is confusion between the two ideas of communion and expiation or placation.
Introduction to the History of Religions | Crawford Howell Toy
British Dictionary definitions for placate
/ (pləˈkeɪt) /
(tr) to pacify or appease
Origin of placate
1Derived forms of placate
- placation, noun
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