placation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

placation
    n 1: the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
         [syn: {placation}, {conciliation}, {propitiation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Placation \Pla*ca"tion\, n. [L. placatio.]
   The act of placating. [R.] --Puttenham (1589).
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "placation":
      United Nations troops, appeasement, calming, conciliation, detente,
      dulcification, easing of relations, mediation, mollification,
      pacification, peace-keeping force, peacemaking, peacemongering,
      placability, propitiation, relaxation of tension, soothing,
      tranquilization

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