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PLACATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does placation mean?

• PLACATION (noun)
The noun PLACATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

Familiarity information: PLACATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PLACATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

placation; propitiation; conciliation

Hypernyms ("placation" is a kind of...):

appeasement; calming (the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of))

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