ALL meanings of appeasement
ap·pease
A a - uncountable noun appeasement Appeasement means giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you. 3
- noun appeasement the policy of acceding to the demands of a potentially hostile nation in the hope of maintaining peace 3
- noun appeasement the act of appeasing 3
- noun appeasement an appeasing or being appeased 3
- noun appeasement the policy of giving in to the demands of a hostile or aggressive power in an attempt to keep the peace 3
- noun appeasement pacifying, placation 1
- verb with object appeasement to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king. 1
- verb with object appeasement to satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage: The fruit appeased his hunger. 1
- verb with object appeasement to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles. 1
- noun appeasement The action or process of appeasing. 1
- noun appeasement The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace. 0