conciliate
[verb]
Synonyms: pacify, appease, clear the air, mediate, mollify, placate, reconcile, soothe, win over

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Antonyms: antagonize
Contrasted words: alienate, disaffect, estrange, foment, incite, excite, pique, provoke, stimulate
Related Words: intervene, mediate, persuade, prevail, calm, quiet, soothe, tranquilize

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con‧cil‧i‧ate /kənˈsɪlieɪt/ verb [intransitive and transitive] formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of conciliare 'to bring together, unite', from concilium; ⇒ council]
to do something to make people more likely to stop arguing, especially by giving them something they want:
efforts to conciliate the unions
—conciliator noun [countable]

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