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A process or act of placating; appeasement or an expression of appeasement..
The refusal, at certain times and seasons, of food that in itself is hygienically good and palatable, in placation of a deity, or, without further explanation, to avoid bad luck, is well known among the lower tribes of men.
Instead, Jerry [a dog] was all placation and appeal, all softness of pleading in a body denied speech that nevertheless was articulate, from wagging tail and wriggling sides to flat-laid ears and eyes that almost spoke, to any human sensitive of understanding.
While these political sellout artists have been intoning their mind numbing placations, citizens across the nation have been speaking and acting.
Use placation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Placation means A process or act of placating; appeasement or an expression of appeasement..
Common synonyms include conciliation, propitiation.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The refusal, at certain times and seasons, of food that in itself is hygienically good and palatable, in placation of a deity, or, without further explanation, to avoid bad luck, is well known among the lower tribes of men.
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