Conciliatory

//kənˈsɪl.i.əˌtɔɹ.i// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.

    "Lady Anne checked herself, for she heard a carriage stop at the door, and her daughters enter the house; and she had not made up her mind as to the turn she should give to their conciliatory visit."

Adjective
  1. 1
    intended to placate wordnet
  2. 2
    making or willing to make concessions wordnet

Synonyms

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appeasingpacificpropitiativeaccommodatingamenablebenevolent

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"He was still mad about the accident despite his wife's conciliatory words."

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