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

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke