MOLLIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mollification mean? 

• MOLLIFICATION (noun)
  The noun MOLLIFICATION has 2 senses:

1. a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered

2. the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined

  Familiarity information: MOLLIFICATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOLLIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("mollification" is a kind of...):

peaceableness; peacefulness (a state that is calm and tranquil)

Derivation:

mollify (make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else)

mollify (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

mollification; pacification

Context example:

his unsuccessful mollification of the mob

Hypernyms ("mollification" is a kind of...):

appeasement; calming (the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of))

Derivation:

mollify (make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else)

mollify (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)