appease
verb
[ əˈpiːz ]
• pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands.
• "amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups"
Similar:
conciliate,
placate,
pacify,
make peace with,
propitiate,
palliate,
allay,
reconcile,
win over,
calm (down),
mollify,
soothe,
subdue,
soften,
content,
still,
silence,
tranquillize,
humour,
quieten,
quieten down,
quiet,
sweeten,
• assuage or satisfy (a demand or a feeling).
• "we give to charity because it appeases our guilt"
Similar:
satisfy,
fulfil,
gratify,
meet,
fill,
serve,
provide for,
indulge,
assuage,
relieve,
take the edge off,
deaden,
dull,
blunt,
quench,
slake,
sate,
diminish,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French apaisier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + pais ‘peace’.
