Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of mollifying or softening.
- noun Pacification; an appeasing; something that will soothe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
mollifying .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered
- noun the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
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Examples
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“I said it was okay,” he said, but even though his words were intended as mollification, he sounded angry.
And You--And You--And You Con Chapman 2012
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Unlike their forbears, modern-day Keynesians do not argue just for mollification in the rate of deleveraging.
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As part of our continuing mollification of superannuated subscribers, this week's concerts will feature a big-name soloist playing a very old piece while the rest of the musicians phone it in.
Archive 2008-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Anything with a whiff of potential controversy was being replaced with legislative placebos, with the mollification of leader-writers taking precedence over whether an idea would actually help the nation the parliament was there to serve.
It's October, 1956. Shelagh Power-Chopra 2010
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As part of our continuing mollification of superannuated subscribers, this week's concerts will feature a big-name soloist playing a very old piece while the rest of the musicians phone it in.
Listener discretion advised Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Moreover, there is no sign of any mollification in the way Gaza is governed, or the anti-Jew propaganda spewed over the airwaves or indoctrinated into schoolkids.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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All of this is aimed at/for mollification of, and reducing the numbers of the masses.
Distributive Justice: Barack Obama, Bush and Luke 6: 42 2009
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I don't see how it could have played out any differently, so why any mollification about the size of Obama's huevos?
Obama's military victory. Ann Althouse 2009
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There are issues which override party considerations and/or the mollification of an office holder's base.
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Usually, a robust defender of reason and science -- and vociferous critic of untested truth-claims -- Shermer has drawn the ire of colleagues and admirers alike with his quixotic missive of mollification to moderates of religion.
Renowned Skeptic Michael Shermer: Deist or Just Disingenuous? 2009
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