placable
adjective
capable of being placated, pacified, or appeased; forgiving.
placability
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a word derived from
placable.
Example Sentences
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Cis had a rare power over both her comrades, and her piteous appeal actually disarmed them, since there was no one present to make them ashamed of their own placability.
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte Mary Yonge
"Haw! haw! haw!" roared the crowd, but with a horrible laughter, no placability in it.
From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade
She knew little of the rector—of the profound humility and entire placability of that noble soul.
From The House by the Church-Yard by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
He honoured his memory for having kept this country in peace many years, as also for the goodness and placability of his temper.'
From Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 by George Birkbeck Norman Hill
Declaimers, conscious of their own powers, would seek distinction rather by acuteness and fastidiousness than by candour and placability.
From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by Jane West
