placable
/'plækəbl/
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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easily calmed or pacified
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