appeasement

English

Etymology

From Old French apaisement

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɪiz.mənt/

Noun

appeasement (countable and uncountable, plural appeasements)

  1. The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.
    • 1941, Roosevelt, Franklin, White House Correspondents' Dinner:
      This decision is the end of any attempts at appeasement in our land; the end of urging us to get along with the dictators, the end of compromise and the forces of oppression.

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