conciliatory

Adjective
Synonyms: compromisingflexibleconciliative

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. making or willing to make concessions“loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet”Synonyms: compromisingflexible
  2. intended to placate“spoke in a conciliating tone”“a conciliatory visit”Synonyms: conciliative
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Conciliatory \Con*cil"i*a*to*ry\ (?; 106), a. Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating. [1913 Webster]

The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]

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