noun
- acts of making someone less angry or upset by giving them what they want or by being kind to them
Usage: plural form of placation
Examples
- The manager’s placations failed to calm the angry customers.
- His constant placations only made her more suspicious of his motives.
- The government’s placations of the protesters included promises of reform.
- She grew tired of his placations and demanded real action instead.
- The diplomat’s placations helped ease tensions between the two countries.
- Their placations seemed insincere and only temporary solutions.