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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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
Moreover, by natural constitution he was almost as much inclined to aggressiveness as the vicar was inclined to placability.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Richard Marsh
His placability and his friendship, indeed, were solid virtues; but courtesy and good humour are often found with little real worth.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Samuel Johnson
They knew too well the constancy of affection and placability of temper which caused him to justly say of himself in a letter to Strahan, "I like immortal friendships, but not immortal enmities."
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
Arnold's self-control was absolute andPg 185 unshakable; and to self-control he added the characteristically Christian virtues of surrender, placability, readiness to forgive injuries, perfect freedom from envy, hatred, and malice.
From Matthew Arnold by George William Erskine Russell
