1. (

• pacify ,
• lenify ,
• conciliate ,
• assuage ,
• appease ,
• mollify ,
• placate ,
• gentle ,
• gruntle

) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" ;

1. (

• appeasing ,
• placating ,
• placative ,
• placatory

) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech" ;