List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 279

SYNONYMS: pacify, mollify, conciliate, appease, placate.
These verbs all refer to allaying another's anger, belligerence, discontent, or agitation.

To pacify is to restore calm to or establish peace in: The explanation was to pacify his guests. An army was required in order to pacify the islands.
Mollify stresses the soothing of hostile feelings: She was mollified by his agreeable manner.
Conciliate usually implies winning over, often by reasoning and with mutual concessions: A wise government knows how to conciliate with dignity.
Appease and placate suggest the satisfaction of claims or demands or the tempering of antagonism, often through the granting of concessions: The child is adept at appeasing her parents' anger with a joke or compliment. Even a written apology failed to placate the indignant hostess.