conciliate

Yes, pay them beforehand, soften the blow in advance, and conciliate their good will while we still have the chance.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022

He had to reward those who backed him, but many believe he also needed to conciliate those who were unhappy with his election.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2021

The purpose of politics — or, at any rate, one purpose — is to conciliate and to cooperate.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2018

To conciliate Federalists who still resented the recent war, Monroe toured New England shortly after his inauguration and attracted widespread popular applause.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

Lyra knew that this was a time to conciliate, and she was happy to do that, having gotten her way.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Amplification, then, is a kind of graver affirmation, which by exciting feelings in the mind conciliates belief to one's assertion.

From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Another is expressed, that Christ is the propitiation,—in opposition to that provocation, he pacifies wrath, and then conciliates favour by the sacrifice of himself.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

His activity touches all the interests of the community, and is tolerated only in so far as it conciliates them.

From The Moral Economy by Ralph Barton Perry

Hence the general debate, as well as private discussions, must be continued until a proposal is brought forward which conciliates all interests, and wins the suffrage of the entire mir.

From Contemporary Socialism by John Rae

BARNAVE, at Grenoble, member of Assembly, one of a trio, Jacobin, duel with Cazales, escorts the King from Varennes, conciliates Queen, becomes Constitutional, retires to Grenoble, treason, in prison, guillotined.

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

I’m further conciliated by Mr. Youngkin’s representation of his state’s recent economic-development wins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

But of course it had its cost, in the sense that it meant he conciliated.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2019

If you notice P losing their cool at the prospect of not being conciliated, don’t respond to their tantrum.

From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2018

The strength of her beliefs gave her the courage to push on where others might have conciliated.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2013

Last, because they are conciliated, and so disciplined.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

A French visitor — a conservationist for an NGO and a symbolic representative of the European Union — bleats a few conciliating sentiments but is scornfully shut down.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

“However one of the tasks will be conciliating Neymar’s individuality with the team and trying to contain Neymar’s petulance.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2018

Loudest howls against the British Labor policy of conciliating Egypt came, of course, from Australia.

From Time Magazine Archive

“This will have the best possible effect upon the men,” said Lee, and “will do much toward conciliating our people.”

From Washington Post

The chaplain rose quickly and edged away from Yossarian’s bed, and then nodded with a conciliating smile and promised to conduct himself with appropriate caution.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller