appeasement
Other forms: appeasements
Appeasement is the act of calming something down. A candy bar might give your hunger temporary appeasement, but eventually you'll need a real meal.
The noun appeasement comes from the verb appease, which itself comes from the French words a ("to") and pais ("peace"). We wouldn't use appeasement to talk about deep inner calm, but rather satisfying demands, or bringing a turbulent situation back to calm, and in a way that often meets with disapproval. The ransom of $50,000, for instance, is an appeasement for the kidnappers.
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the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)synonyms: calmingtypes:mollification, pacificationthe act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclinedtype of:social controlcontrol exerted (actively or passively) by group action
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a policy of pacifying an enemy or potential enemy by making concessionstype of:policya line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a governmentforeign policya policy governing international relations
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