placated — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
retreated — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
soothed — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
addressed — a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the president's address on the state of the economy.
declined — to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse: He declined to say more about it.
faced — having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; the two-faced god.