appeasement
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French apaisement
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
appeasement (plural appeasements)
- The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.
- 1941: Roosevelt, Franklin, White House Correspondents' Dinner
- This decision is the end of any attempts at appeasement in our land; the end of urging us to get along with the dictators, the end of compromise and the forces of oppression.
- 1941: Roosevelt, Franklin, White House Correspondents' Dinner
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Translations [edit]
the state of being appeased
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