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Placation   Listen
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Placation  n.  The act of placating. (R.)






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"Placation" Quotes from Famous Books



... Observing this, the Boy looked around with a solemn wink. Old Billy Smith and the half-dozen onlookers who had no responsibility in the affair grinned and waited. As Baldy approached, holding out a hand of placation, and "chucking" persuasively as if he thought James Edward was a hen, the latter reared his snaky black head and stared in haughty surprise. Then he gave vent to a strident hiss of warning. Could it be possible that this impudent ...
— The Backwoodsmen • Charles G. D. Roberts



Words linked to "Placation" :   propitiation, placate, conciliation, calming, appeasement



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