APPEASEMENT Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

appeasement

noun

Definition of appeasement

as in mitigation

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as in conciliation

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Recent Examples of appeasement But appeasement will only aid Xi Jinping’s imperial goals. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 After a brief burst of good ratings results, CBS News is once against under a dark cloud of allegations of MAGA appeasement and corporate-overlord overreach. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 May 2026 So was the England of 1939, which horrified Forster with its antisemitism and politics of Nazi appeasement. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 May 2026 The film is a quiet yearning romance alongside an interrogation of Nazi appeasement, class, and duty. — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for appeasement

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Noun

In mitigation, club sources point to the context of Johnson’s signing, alongside that of Jorgen Strand Larsen, at a time when Glasner’s disenchantment was spiralling.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
And mitigation depends on private homeowners and pest control companies.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of mitigation

Noun

Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow and his Cambodian counterpart Prak Sokhonn led their delegations in the first conciliation meeting with the five-member UNCLOS commission, held in Singapore from Monday to Wednesday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Wyman, whose style of politics leaned toward conciliation, said the evolving nature of modern campaigning played a role in her decision.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of conciliation

Noun

Tan's comments came as investors were rattled by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's weekend essay advocating for a moderation in the pace of model development.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
This supports moderation and aligns with broader public health goals to reduce harmful alcohol consumption worldwide by 2030.

— Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of moderation

Noun

Meanwhile, teams lose massive chunks of their time in the administrative dead zones between protocol amendments, site activations, electronic data reconciliation and regulatory filings.

— Anshima Raj, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
There’s no mediation or therapy-speak gently coaxing the brothers toward reconciliation.

— Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of reconciliation

Noun

The results are splendid when the duo is dealing, but when the line comes off the ice, the quality of play decreases.

— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Twenty years later, Kopple embedded herself in Austin, Minnesota and covered the strike against the Hormel meatpacking plant enacted by 1,500 unionized workers, who had recently shouldered a significant wage decrease and benefit cut.

— Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of decrease

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But many assumptions that Stratos’ investors or Utah politicians might have had about Box Elder County – about either the acquiescence of its people or the barrenness of its landscape – have been proved wrong over the past few months.

— Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026
Oil has long funded the Gulf’s expensive social contract, in which governments provide citizens with cushy jobs and high-quality services in return for political acquiescence.

— Dina Esfandiary, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026

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