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Adjective: placatory  'pley-ku`to-ree [N. Amer], plu'key-tu-ree [Brit]
  1. Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
    "placatory gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech"
    - appeasing, placating, placative

See also: conciliative, conciliatory, placate