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appease

Verb B2 – Upper-Intermediate

To calm or satisfy someone by giving them what they want, often to avoid conflict.

"The airline offered free tickets to appease the passengers stranded overnight."

The noun form, "appeasement", is strongly linked in history to Britain's failed policy toward Germany before World War Two.

Synonyms

placate pacify