Overview of verb placate

The verb placate has 1 sense

• 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")

Overview of adj placating

The adj placating has 1 sense

• 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")