Mollify - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'mollify' is the definition.
(I know that mollify can be written as placate)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for placate that I've seen before include "Make calm, conciliate" , "Pale cat could pacify" , "Calm, pacify, appease" , "'Pacify, appease (7)'" , "Mollify, soothe anger" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, the Evening Standard, the Newsday, The Times and The Sun.

'mollify' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for appease that I've seen before include "Conciliate" , "Placate (someone) by agreeing to their demands" , "Calm, pacify, placate" , "Pacify with concessions" , "Placate by making concessions" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, the Evening Standard, the Newsday, The Times and The Sun.

(Other definitions for assuage that I've seen before include "Mollify" , "Soothe with sausage" , "Reduce severity" , "Appease, calm" , "Satisfy, slake" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, the Evening Standard, the Newsday, The Times and The Sun.

(Other definitions for soothe that I've seen before include "to settle" , "Console, pacify" , "'Console, comfort (6)'" , "Assuage, calm" , "Gently calm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and the Evening Standard.

(Other definitions for becalm that I've seen before include "Leave (sailing ship) deprived of power" , "Make still (from lack of wind)" , "Make quiet or still - sounds like an order" , "Leave (sailing ship) unable to move" , "Render motionless from lack of wind" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and the Evening Standard.

'mollify' is the definition.
(I know that mollify can be written as pacify)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for pacify that I've seen before include "Make calm, soothe" , "Quieten" , "Make calmer" , "Mollify, appease" , "Appease - subdue" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and the Evening Standard.

'mollify' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for calm that I've seen before include "Peaceful, not excited" , "Composure or serenity" , "Peaceful and unexcited" , "Peaceful, undisturbed" , "Cool, not excited" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.

'mollify' is the definition.
(I know that mollify can be written as moderate)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for moderate that I've seen before include "Become less intense" , "Average; not radical" , "Diminish - within reason" , "Become less extreme" , "(Keep) within reasonable limits" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

(Other definitions for reassure that I've seen before include "Give confidence to" , "Take away a person's doubts or fears" , "Remove the doubts or fears of" , "Buoy up" , "Allay fears of (someone)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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