Appeasement

//əˈpiːz.mənt// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace. countable, uncountable

    "This decision is the end of any attempts at appeasement in our land; the end of urging us to get along with the dictators, the end of compromise with tyranny and the forces of oppression."

  2. 2
    the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) wordnet

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abatementalleviationaccommodationallaymentanalgesiaanesthesia

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"Appeasement must always trump confrontation."

Etymology

From Middle English appesement, from Old French apaisement.

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