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Placate

To calm or appease someone who is angry or upset.

verb
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Imagine This

If the prison provides 'play and eat' just like a resort, will you bet that the inmates will calm down and become less violent?

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Sounds Like

PLEY-kayt

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Looks Like

play ate → play and eat

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Remember This

From Latin placatus, the past participle of placere 'to please'; related to placid and other words meaning calm or agreeable.

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Other Forms

placatesverb
placatingverb
placatedverb
placationnoun
placatornoun
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Connect With

pacify, appease, conciliate, mollify, soothe

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Note

Placate emphasizes soothing someone's anger through concessions or conciliatory actions. It does not imply defeating or punishing the other party; it focuses on calming feelings.

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