Definition of "placation" [pla•ca•tion]

• A process or act of placating; appeasement or an expression of appeasement. (noun)

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• "And her steps are thuds in Doc Martens, faster-faster, and with each one she hears the word 'placation.'"
• "I suspect not. if you beat them now, you might not have to do it later in a far bloodier way, much like the short term placation of pre-WWII Germany led to the greater destruction later. read some history, not just the daily kos, folks."
• "But she proceeded to punish him roundly, until he gave over all attempts at placation, and whirled in a circle, his head away from her, his shoulders receiving the punishment of her teeth."