Associations to the word «Placatory»

Wiktionary

PLACATORY, adjective. That placates; pacifying.

Dictionary definition

PLACATORY, adjective. Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech".

Wise words

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