appeasement

/ əˈpiːzmənt /

noun

1. the policy of acceding to the demands of a potentially hostile nation in the hope of maintaining peace
2. the act of appeasing

appeasement

1. A political policy of conceding to aggression by a warlike nation.

Notes

A classic example of appeasement is the Munich Pact of 1938, negotiated between Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler . Chamberlain, the prime minister of Britain , allowed Hitler to annex part of Czechoslovakia to Germany .

Related Words

• conciliation
• easing
• moderation