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The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity.

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Usage of placation in inglês
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This was no religious rite, no placation of the brutish jungle gods.
Jerry of the Islands
2
Lindquist nodded, holding up his hands in a gesture of placation.
Ghost Story
3
Seventeen thousand fuseodollars.' He held up his hands in placation.
The Naked God
4
Duncan held his hands up in a gesture of placation.
Dayworld Rebel
5
It was faintheartedness, sloth, placation, doubt, vagueness and romantical misconception.
Greener Than You Think
6
He doesn't offer me any more placation; he quietly exits back to where we left Falon.
Altered
7
Lock raised his hands, palms open in placation.
Lockdown
8
Welstiel's quick shift to placation left Chane wary as he followed his companion out to the horses.
Sister of the dead
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Tanner was waving his hands in placation.
The Scar
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That's why we have mainstream movies that trade mostly in placation, reassurance and the careful coaxing of standardised emotions.
The Guardian
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He had demonstrated for them all that the old ways of devout placation had no place in this new Age.
Ghosts of Onyx
12
For the placation of Bildad Rose there was news of a stable, not ruined beyond service, with hay in a loft, near the house.
Heart of the West
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The extremists of his own party to whom he has kowtowed with such deference have grown bored with his placation and are leaving him.
The Guardian
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"I beg your pardon, Your Majesty." Rue resorted to placations.
Imprudence
15
"I know what you mean, Lou," he said, with an affectionate attempt at placation.
The Market-Place
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"Wait wait." Gerald held up his arms in placation.
The Neutronium Alchemist
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Translations for placation
português
conciliação
Placation through the time