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Placation

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity wordnet

Etymology

From Latin placatio.

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