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noun
- 1. the action or process of appeasing: "a policy of appeasement" Similar Opposite
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Diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict
Appeasement, in an international context, is a diplomatic negotiation policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power with intention to avoid conflict. The term is most often applied to the foreign policy of the British governments of Prime Ministers Ramsay MacDonald (in office 1929–1935), Stanley Baldwin (in office 1935–1937) and (most notably) Neville Cham... Wikipedia