Placation
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A process or act of placating; appeasement or an expression of appeasement. countable, uncountable
"The refusal, at certain times and seasons, of food that in itself is hygienically good and palatable, in placation of a deity, or, without further explanation, to avoid bad luck, is well known among the lower tribes of men."
- 2 the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity wordnet
Example
More examples"The refusal, at certain times and seasons, of food that in itself is hygienically good and palatable, in placation of a deity, or, without further explanation, to avoid bad luck, is well known among the lower tribes of men."
Etymology
From Latin placatio.
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