Usually means: Calming others by conceding demands.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. placating: Merriam-Webster
  2. placating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. placating: Vocabulary.com
  4. Placating, placating: Wordnik
  5. placating: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. placating: Wiktionary
  7. Placating, placating: Dictionary.com
  8. placating: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Placating: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. placating: Rhymezone
  11. Placating: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. placating: FreeDictionary.org
  13. placating: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. placating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. placating: Legal dictionary

(Note: See placate as well.)

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adjective:  tending or intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions ("Placating (or placative) gestures")


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