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placation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun placation has 1 sense
- placation(n = noun.act) conciliation, propitiation - the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity; Array is a kind of appeasement, calming
Derived form verb placate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
placation, n. [L. placatio.].
The act of placating. Puttenham (1589). [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
placation
United Nations troops, appeasement, calming, conciliation, detente, dulcification, easing of relations, mediation, mollification, pacification, peace-keeping force, peacemaking, peacemongering, placability, propitiation, relaxation of tension, soothing, tranquilization
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