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Synonyms for placate

verb

pacify, mollify, appease; see pacify 1, quiet 1, satisfy 1, 3. See syn. study at pacify.

See placate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


verb

To ease the anger or agitation of:

appease, assuage, calm (down), conciliate, dulcify, gentle, mollify, pacify, propitiate, soften, soothe, sweeten. Idiom: pour oil on troubled water. See calm

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