placation

3 definitions found

placation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Placation \Pla*ca"tion\, n. [L. placatio.]
     The act of placating. [R.] --Puttenham (1589).
     [1913 Webster]

placation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  placation
      n 1: the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
           [syn: placation, conciliation, propitiation]

placation - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "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