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placation|pləˈkeɪʃən|
[a. obs. F. placation (16th c. in Godef.), ad. L. plācātiōn-em, n. of action from plācāre: see placate v. and -ation.]
The action of placating; appeasing, pacifying; conciliation, propitiation. With a and pl., a propitiatory action.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie i. iii. (Arb.) 23 Sacrifices of placation, with inuocations and worship. Ibid. iii. iv. 159 Many more like vsurped Latine and French words: as Methode, methodicall, placation. 1609Bible (Douay) 1 Macc. i. 47 Holocausts and sacrifices, and placations to be made in the temple of God. 1830J. Douglas Truths Relig. v. (1832) 222 Such terms as atonement, placation, expiation. 1884Traill New Lucian 109 The Supreme Being is not so savage and childish as to need placation by the steam of victims. |