placate

/pleɪˈkeɪt/verb

To soothe an angry person until they calm down and stop being upset.

Example sentence

“The manager offered a refund to placate the unhappy customer.”

Close to 'appease', but without that word's political taint of giving in to unreasonable demands.

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