placable

/'plækəbl/

Thân thiện

A placable child quickly stops crying when offered a favorite toy.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Easily calmed or pacified: Describes a person who is not easily angered or who quickly returns to a calm state after being upset.
   • Willing to forgive or be appeased: Indicates a forgiving, lenient, or conciliatory nature.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Despite the harsh criticism, she remained placable and open to discussion.
  • His placable temperament made him an excellent mediator in family disputes.
  • A placable judge might consider extenuating circumstances.

Advanced Usage

• "to be placable toward someone": to be willing to forgive or be appeased by someone.
  • After a sincere apology, he was placable toward his colleague.
• Used in formal or literary contexts: The word is more common in formal writing than in everyday conversation.
  • The philosopher wrote about the ideal of a placable and rational ruler.

Variants and Related Words

• Placability (n): The quality of being placable.
  • Her placability was one of her most admirable traits.
• Placate (v): To make someone less angry or hostile.
  • He tried to placate the upset customer with a refund.
• Implacable (adj): Opposite meaning; unable to be appeased or pacified.
  • She was implacable in her opposition to the new policy.

Synonyms

• Appeasable: Capable of being pacified or satisfied.
• Forgiving: Inclined to forgive.
• Lenient: Merciful or tolerant.
• Conciliatory: Intended to placate or gain goodwill.

Antonyms

• Implacable: Unable to be appeased.
• Inexorable: Impossible to stop or prevent; unyielding.
• Unforgiving: Not willing to forgive or pardon.
• Intransigent: Unwilling to change one's views or agree.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "A placable disposition": A character that is easily calmed or forgiving.
  • In a leadership role, a placable disposition can help de-escalate conflicts.
• "To find someone placable": To discover that someone is willing to forgive or be appeased.
  • We feared his anger, but we found him quite placable once we explained the situation.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. easily calmed or pacified