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appeasement noun. LME.
[Old French apaisement, from apaisier: see APPEASE, -MENT.]
The action or process of appeasing. LME.
b. Politics. A policy of making concessions to a potential aggressor in order to preserve peace; spec. such a policy pursued by Britain towards Nazi Germany prior to the outbreak of war in 1939. Often derog. E20.
A means of appeasing. M16-L17.
A state of pacification or satisfaction. arch. L16.