appeasement
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French apaisement
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
appeasement (countable and uncountable, 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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