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What does mollify mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word mollify? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.
  2. To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of.
  3. To soften; to make tender
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Together, they were able to mollify workers and quietly implement the destruction of thousands of jobs.
My feeling is that he will leave, though good results could yet mollify him.
Churchill's clarifications and emendations, convincing or otherwise, are not likely to mollify his opponents.
Then, when I was in the mood for munchies, it took a smaller portion to mollify my sweet tooth.
It rarely failed to mollify, but carried with it the penalty of having to iterate the performance many, many times.
I still think it'll be fascinating to see what rhetorical path she chooses to try and mollify her liberal fans.

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