Crossword clues for mollification
mollification
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mollification \Mol`li*fi*ca"tion\, n. [LL. mollificatio; cf. F.
mollification.]
The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a
softening.
--Chaucer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French mollificacion (Modern French mollification), from Medieval Latin mollificationem (nominative mollificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of mollificare (see mollify).
Wiktionary
n. The act of mollify.
WordNet
n. a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered
the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined; "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob" [syn: pacification]
Usage examples of "mollification".
At first they seemed indifferent, for they were absolute fatalists, but her strategy of mollification meant they no longer pointed their guns at the prisoners while they slept, and their weapons, wrapped in cloths, were kept out of sight behind the television.
In spite of his attempts at mollification, Valleri did not trust me to submit meekly to his will.
Ralph appreciated, was an attempt at mollification with perhaps a touch of coquetry.
This woman has far too much of the fiery humors in her to permit the submissive state required for proper mollification of the bones.