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placability

noun

Definition of placabilitynext
as in gentleness

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  1. gentleness
  2. complaisance
  3. friendliness
  4. sociability
Noun
  • The show, set in and around suburban Manchester and is seeped in Crook’s trademark gentleness, is one of the few on Rotten Tomatoes to have a 100% rating and was the winner of the International Panorama at Series Mania earlier this year.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, the gibbon treated the tiny rodent with remarkable gentleness.
    — Cyril Grueter, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of gentleness
Noun
  • The steadfast pushback against the administration might appear on the surface to be an encouraging trend, given the complaisance of the Republican majorities in Congress and weak-kneed capitulation to Trump by leaders of institutions such as universities and major corporations.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity.
    — Lesley M.M. Blume, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022
Definition of complaisance
Noun
  • The ribbing was good-natured overall, but when describing the rivalry, the friendliness dissipated.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Overbearing friendliness might even be described as our national affect.
    — Jonathan A. Czin, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of friendliness
Noun
  • For all the ways these drugs are associated with deprivation, many users describe a paradoxical new sociability.
    — Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026
  • Her public image was capacious enough that Rollerena could carry not only camp and sociability, but profound grief as well.
    — Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2026
Definition of sociability
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“Placability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placability. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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