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• v  cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
• s  intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
  placating (or placative) gestures

• Faust, 59, has a lot on her plateplacating an often unwieldy and ego-driven faculty, making a Harvard education relevant in today's world, underwriting lower- and middle-class .
• With Barack Obama bent on placating the Muslim world and talking with Tehran, here too are grounds for an Israeli-American rupture.
• For decades the Republicans had been sympathetic to protectionism; now they saw trade barriers as a means of placating demands that the Government do something concrete to fight .

• pacify
• lenify
• conciliate
• assuage
• appease
• mollify
• placate
• gentle
• gruntle
• appeasing
• placative
• placatory

News & Articles

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• The time Phil Jackson asked then GM Jerry West to leave the Lakers locker room
  Phil Jackson is unquestionably one of the greatest coaches of all time, but he didn’t get there by placating people or considering the feelings of others — especially those with seniority or who were holding down a higher-level position within the organization. Speaking at an event last week where Jackson was plugging his latest book,…
  June 17, 2013 - NBC Sports: ProBasketballTalk

Quotes

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• Richard Thompson in Christian Post
  It's evident that the Dearborn Police department was more interested in placating Muslims than obeying our Constitution,said Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, which is representing the four street...
• Al Sharpton in FOXNews
  When Republicans court conservative leaders, Sharpton said, "It's considered an inclusive thing to do. But when (Democrats) are, they're demeaned as kissing rings and placating and bowing."
• Yemane Gebremeskel in ReliefWeb (press release)
  If Ethiopia obstructs the demarcation, the answer does not lie in accommodating or placating Ethiopia,Yemane told AFP in Asmara. "The answer lies in taking appropriate measures against them."