placate: verb by concessions or conciliatory gestures definition: to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures

placate pronunciation pley keyt

placate conciliate reconcile comfort mollify satisfy appease assuage Synonyms conciliate reconcile comfort mollify satisfy appease assuage

placate placater placation placative related forms noun: adjective: placatory placative

placate Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva tried to placate demonstrators' concerns

placate The European union bill did little to placate skeptics.

placate The busy mother constantly used a pacifier to placate her child.

placate Before climbing over the fence, the boy tried to placate the angry dog.

placate Even Santa could not placate the hysterical child.

placation When emotions flare, various means of placation are needed to encourage people to deescalate.

placater The girls acted as placaters because of the absence of their teacher.