To pacify or placate someone by giving in to their demands; to make peace with an aggressor by satisfying their requirements. Appeasement often involves making concessions to avoid conflict.
From Old French apaisier meaning 'to bring to peace,' from a (to) and pais (peace). The word originally had positive connotations of peacemaking, but gained negative associations after WWII appeasement policies failed to prevent war.
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