mollify

📖 Definitions

verb tr.

1. To pacify or appease.

2. To soften or reduce, as in intensity.

💬 Usage Examples

“Mr. Gordhan is not mollified. The apology, he wrote in a newspaper article, did not go far enough.” Global Firms and the Gupta Connection; The Economist (London, UK); Dec 8, 2017.
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