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    CALMING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)play

    Synonyms:

    appeasement; calming

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("calming" is a kind of...):

    social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calming"):

    mollification; pacification (the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined)

    conciliation; placation; propitiation (the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    -ing form of the verb calm

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