appease

verb

Etymology: From Middle English apesen, from Old French apeser (“to pacify, bring to peace”).

1. To make quiet; to calm; to reduce (something) to a state of peace; to dispel (anger, hatred, etc.).

   “to appease the tumult of the ocean”

   “'First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. You may as well be quiet. It is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!'”

2. To make conciliatory offerings or concessions to (someone) in an attempt to dispel their anger, aggression, etc.; to adapt to the demands of; to come to terms with.

   “They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.”

   “Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has suggested climate change is “probably doing good” in a speech in London in which he likened policies to combat it to “primitive people once killing goats to appease the volcano gods” .”