placation

Example Sentences

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For hearing people, the promise to learn sign language is less a promise of action than a placation, as if they are attempting to comfort themselves more than me, perhaps shedding some guilt.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021

But screeching bagpipes, jittery timpani and sorrowful violin interludes keep full rest out of reach, implying that just around the corner from placation, something sinister lies in wait.

From The Guardian • May 6, 2020

Todbaum reappeared and demanded his car keys, and the process of placation had to begin anew.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019

On April 24, there’s a clear record of DiSabato requesting help: In an email to Jordan, he pleaded: “You have the platform to cut through the double talk, placation and finger pointing.”

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2018

As I went up the stairs, I could hear my parents’ voices in the dining room, my mother’s raised in outrage, my father’s rumbling in placation.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly