What is the meaning of placating?

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verb

Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.
- usage: "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
- synonyms: pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle

adjective

Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions.
- usage: "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech"
- synonyms: appeasing, placative, placatory

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