mollification

Other forms: mollifications

Definitions of mollification
  1. noun
    the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
    “his unsuccessful mollification of the mob”
    synonyms: pacification
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    type of:
    appeasement, calming
    the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
  2. noun
    a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered
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    type of:
    peaceableness, peacefulness
    a state that is calm and tranquil
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