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placatory

adjective/pləˈkeɪtəri/

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Intended to calm anger and win over an opponent.

His placatory tone drew the temperature out of a hearing that had grown bad-tempered.

Similar: conciliatory, appeasing, soothing

Topic: Arbitration in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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