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Definition of pacifying : of Pacify

Synonyms:

assuasive, reassuring

relaxing, restraining, abating, calming, moderating, alleviating, quieting, easing, composing, soothing, cooling, subduing, tranquilizing, softening

hushing, conciliating, relieving, mollifying, reconciling, smoothing, defusing, ebbing, stabilizing

comforting

consoling, allaying, quelling, lulling, placating, sedating, appeasing, assuaging, stilling

Usage examples:

• That this march, with her playing of it, should be pacifying was new to her; but when she saw the crushed mien of her betrothed, who stood like a prisoner before her, her good nature conquered, and she held out her hand. - "The Sign of Flame", E. Werner.
• I don't know that I find them pacifying. - "Franklin Kane", Anne Douglas Sedgwick.
• On one occasion, a servant struck a tame raccoon with a whip: in vain did he afterwards attempt a reconciliation; neither eggs, nor food most coveted by the animal, availed in pacifying it. - "Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom", Samuel Griswold Goodrich.