CALMING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)

Synonyms:

appeasement; calming

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("calming" is a kind of...):

social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calming"):

mollification; pacification (the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined)

conciliation; placation; propitiation (the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity)

-ing form of the verb calm