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appeasement definition

ap·pease·ment (-mənt)

noun

  1. an appeasing or being appeased
  2. the policy of giving in to the demands of a hostile or aggressive power in an attempt to keep the peace

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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