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Definitions for Appeasement
[1] to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
[2] to satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage: The fruit appeased his hunger.
[3] to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles.
[4] the policy of acceding to the demands of a potentially hostile nation in the hope of maintaining peace
[5] the act of appeasing
[6] to calm, pacify, or soothe, esp by acceding to the demands of
[7] to satisfy or quell (an appetite or thirst, etc)
Words related to Appeasement
appeasemoderation, conciliation, easing, alleviation, abatement, reconciliation, settlement, solace, grant, lessening, mitigation, compromise, reparation, assuagement, restoration, accommodation, adjustment, amends, concession, mollification
Words nearby Appeasement
appeaseappealing, appear, appear as, appearance, appearance money, appease, appeasement, appel, appellant, appellate, appellate division
Origin of Appeasement
1300–50; Middle English apesen < Anglo-French apeser, Old French apais(i)er, equivalent to a- a-5 + paisi- peace + -er infinitive suffix
Other words from Appeasement
ap·peas·a·ble , adjective
ap·peas·a·ble·ness , noun
ap·peas·a·bly , adverb
ap·pease·ment , noun
ap·peas·er , noun
ap·peas·ing·ly , adverb
non·ap·peas·a·ble , adjective
non·ap·peas·ing , adjective
un·ap·peas·a·ble , adjective
un·ap·peas·a·bly , adverb
un·ap·peased , adjective
un·ap·peas·ing , adjective
un·ap·peas·ing·ly , adverb
Word origin for Appeasement
C16: from Old French apaisier, from pais peace, from Latin pax
Synonyms for Appeasement
conciliation, easing, moderation, abatement, accommodation, adjustment, alleviation, amends, assuagement, compromise, concession, grant, lessening, mitigation, mollification, placation, propitiation, quelling, quenching, reconciliation, reparation, restoration, settlement, softening, solace, acceding, blunting, lulling, peace offering, quieting, soothing, tranquilization