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S: (n) conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler (someone who tries to bring peace)

S: (n) appeaser (someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands) "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last"--Winston Churchill

W: (v) conciliate [Related to: conciliator] (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of) "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
W: (v) make peace [Related to: make-peace] (end hostilities) "The brothers who had been fighting over their inheritance finally made peace"
W: (v) pacify [Related to: pacifier] (fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)) "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"
W: (v) reconcile [Related to: reconciler] (bring into consonance or accord) "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities"

S: (n) pacifier (anything that serves to pacify)
S: (n) comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring (device used for an infant to suck or bite on)