1. (verb)pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of Synonyms: mollify, conciliate, quell, gentle, relieve, lenify, stay, placate, quench, allay, ennoble, settle, gruntle, palliate, accommodate, appease, pacify, temper, assuage, propitiate, alleviate, slake, make up, entitle, patch up, reconcile, season