Word Meanings - PLACABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Capable of being appeased or pacified; ready or willing to be pacified; willing to forgive or condone. Methought I saw him placable and mild. Milton.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PLACABLE)
- Charitable
- Kind
- benign
- benevolent
- beneficent
- liberal
- considerate
- forgiving
- compassionate
- placable
- inexacting
- inextreme
Related words: (words related to PLACABLE)
- COMPASSIONATELY
In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon. - INEXACTLY
In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor. - INEXACT
Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate. - BENEFICENT
, a. Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence. The beneficent fruits of Christianity. Prescott. Syn. -- See Benevolent. - LIBERALIZE
To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices. To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke. - CHARITABLENESS
The quality of being charitable; the exercise of charity. - BENEVOLENT
Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable. -- Be*nev"o*lent*ly, adv. Syn. -- Benevolent, Beneficent. - BENEFICENTLY
In a beneficent manner; with beneficence. - FORGIVER
One who forgives. Johnson. - LIBERALISTIC
Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions. - FORGIVING
Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. -- For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp. - PLACABLENESS
The quality of being placable. - BENIGNLY
In a benign manner. - FORGIVE
forgifan; perh. for- + giefan, gifan to give; cf. D. vergeven, G. vergeben, Icel. fyrirgefa, Sw. f, Goth. fragiban to give, grant. See 1. To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign. To them that list the world's gay shows I leave, - LIBERALIZATION
The act of liberalizing. - FORGIVENESS
1. The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses. Dan. ix. 9. In whom we have . . . the forgiveness of sin. Eph. i. 7. 2. Disposition to pardon; - LIBERALIST
A liberal. - BENIGNANT
Kind; gracious; favorable. -- Be*nig"nant*ly, adv. - FORGIVABLE
Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial. Sherwood. - COMPASSIONATE
1. Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful. There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. South. 2. Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable. Shak. Syn. -- Sympathizing; tender; - UNPLACABLE
Implacable. - ILLIBERALISM
Illiberality. - ILLIBERALNESS
The state of being illiberal; illiberality. - INCOMPASSIONATE
Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness, n. - UNCONSIDERATE
Inconsiderate; heedless; careless. Daniel. -- Un`con*sid"er*ate*ness, n. Hales. - INCONSIDERATE
1. Not considerate; not attentive to safety or to propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others; hasty; careless; thoughtless; heedless; as, the young are generally inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct. It is a very unhappy token of - OVERLIBERAL
Too liberal.