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placatory

adjective
Quick answer

As an adjective, placatory means that placates.

Meanings of placatory

2 meanings

adjective

  1. That placates; pacifying.

  2. Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions

    “the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich”

    “placating (or placative) gestures”

    “an astonishingly placatory speech”

    Similar: appeasing, placating, placative

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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