appease

3 definitions • 6 examples

to prevent further disagreement or fighting by letting the opposing side have something that they want:

He was a crucial ally who the country needed to appease.

They were given a small pay rise but this was not enough to appease them.

She claimed that the government had only changed the law in order to appease their critics.

to get rid of unpleasant feelings or make them less strong:

We try to appease our guilty consciences by making donations to charity.

His resignation did little to appease public anger.

(in arguments or war) to prevent further disagreement by giving to the other side something that they have demanded:

They questioned whether, in his desire to appease the conservatives in his own party, the president was selling out to them.