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placating - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'placating' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Placating [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Placate

Meaning of 'placating' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . placating [ s]
Meaning (1):
- intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
Example in sentence:
  • an astonishingly placatory speech;
  • placating (or placative) gestures;
  • the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich