placate
verb
[ pləˈkeɪt ]
• make (someone) less angry or hostile.
• "they attempted to placate the students with promises"
Similar:
pacify,
calm,
calm down,
appease,
mollify,
soothe,
win over,
quiet,
conciliate,
propitiate,
make peace with,
humour,
pour oil on troubled waters,
quieten (down),
square someone off,
Origin:
late 17th century: from Latin placat- ‘appeased’, from the verb placare .
