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appeasement

NOUN
satisfaction; pacification
Synonyms
STRONGEST
conciliation easing moderation
STRONG
abatement accommodation adjustment alleviation amends assuagement compromise concession grant lessening mitigation mollification placation propitiation quelling quenching reconciliation reparation restoration settlement softening solace
WEAK
acceding blunting lulling peace offering quieting soothing tranquilization
Antonyms
STRONG
difference disagreement
WEAK
aggravation annoyance irritation provocation resistance

Example Sentences

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Unfortunately, Burns’s strategy of partial appeasement still spelled economic misfortune.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

Legal experts suggest appeasement could be viable under certain circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

People in all parts of government, industry and education are going with a strategy of appeasement, trying to get by.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

“There is a need for respect, appeasement and unity,” he said, in a nod to the fraught political landscape he now presides over.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024

Beyond the gated community at Alexandria, then, Hellenistic Egypt was a stewpot of roiling antagonisms, contained only by an elaborate system of regulations, appeasement, and, if necessary, military force.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.