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/əˈpēz/,
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appeases, 3rd person singular present; appeased, past tense; appeased, past participle; appeasing, present participle;
  1. Pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands
    • - amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups
  2. Relieve or satisfy (a demand or a feeling)
    • - we give to charity because it appeases our guilt
  1. pacify: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
  2. quell: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
  3. propitiate: make peace with
  4. (appeasement) the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
  5. appeasing(a): 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"
  6. Appeasement is commonly understood to refer to a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to another power.James P. Levy, Appeasement and rearmament: Britain, 1936-1939, Rowman and Littlefield, 2006 It has been described as "... ...
  7. To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred); To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of
  8. (appeasement) The policy of pacifying an aggressive nation in the hopes of avoiding further conflict.
  9. (146. appeasement) giving someone their way to avoid a fight
  10. (Appeasement (Munich Compromise)) In the 1930’s, French and British leaders agreed to Germany’s seizure of the Sudetenland in return for Hitler’s promise to seek no more territory. ...
  11. (Appeasement) A foreign policy of negotiation, conciliation, and concession. The policy was adopted by British prime minister Neville Chamberlain toward Germany as that nation became increasingly aggressive. ...
  12. (Appeasement) A hostile Republican characterization of our leftist brand of diplomacy, which is the Democratic Party’s official, unstated foreign policy toward any left-wing dictator or terrorist organization that threatens Amerikkka.
  13. (Appeasement) A policy of granting concessions in response to aggressive or hostile demands with the intent of gaining some greater good or asset. Appeasement is usually portrayed as a willingness to accede to an immoral actor or entity. ...
  14. (Appeasement) Policy adopted by major Western political powers towards Adolf Hitler's ambitions in the Munich Agreement of 1938. Leaders, famously including Britain's Neville Chamberlain, agreed to allow Hitler portions of land in Eastern Europe in order to avoid war.
  15. (Appeasement) To pacify; to create peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment. The human smile is a signal of appeasement.
  16. (appeasement) Giving in to the demands of aggressive powers to avoid war, as long as those demands appear reasonable. Such a policy was pursued by Britain and France in dealing with Germany in the latter half of the 1930s.
  17. (appeasement) Policy of Neville Chamberlain, British prime minister who hoped to preserve peace in the face of German aggression; particularly applied to Munich Conference agreements; failed when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939. (p. 853)
  18. (v.) to calm, satisfy (When Jerry cries, his mother gives him chocolate to appease him.)
  19. Refers to the desire to concede to an aggressor through submissive or compliant body language such as shoulders turned inward and head down.  Smiles are often referred to as appeasement expressions.
  20. to make someone feel less dissastisfied
  21. vt ap-peased; ap-peasing 1 : to bring to a state of peace or quiet : CALM 2 : to cause to subside : ALLAY (~ his hunger) 3 PACIFY, CONCILIATE; esp : to buy off (an aggressor) by concessions usu. at the sacrifice of principles