PLACATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does placation mean? 

• PLACATION (noun)
  The noun PLACATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

  Familiarity information: PLACATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLACATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conciliation; placation; propitiation

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

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

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

But she proceeded to punish him roundly, until he gave over all attempts at placation, and whirled in a circle, his head away from her, his shoulders receiving the punishment of her teeth.

(White Fang, by Jack London)