noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of mollifying. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined wordnet
3. 3
   a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abatementalleviationanalgesiaanesthesiaappeasementcalming

Etymology

From Old French mollificacion, from Latin mollificātiō, form of molliō. By surface analysis, mollify + -ification.

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