noun
Meaning 1
The act of mollifying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mollification
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noun
Meaning 2
the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants
- his unsuccessful mollification of the mob
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pacification
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: appeasement, calming
noun
Meaning 3
a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: peaceableness, peacefulness
History
Etymology
From Old French mollificacion, from Latin mollificātiō, form of molliō. By surface analysis, mollify + -ification.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: mollification — act of mollifying
- Irish: maolú — act of mollifying
- Italian: mollificazione — act of mollifying
- Polish: ukojenie — act of mollifying
- Polish: złagodzenie — act of mollifying
- Polish: uśmierzenie — act of mollifying
- Spanish: molificación — act of mollifying