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Another word for placate

placate Synonyms

placate

v.

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

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Another word for placate

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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I don't need you to placate me!
She sensed nothing she could say would placate him.
Maybe the need to placate his father had spawned the decision to call off the divorce.
When he enforced his claim to the crown of Portugal (1579-1581) he preferred to placate his new subjects by paying attention to their feelings and their privileges.
Everything considered, it was easier to make the decision to take the job than to placate Mary.

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