appeasementn.

appeasement (n.)mid-15c., "pacification," from Middle French apeisement, Old French apaisement "appeasement, calming," noun of action from apaisier (see appease). First recorded 1919 in international political sense; not pejorative until failure of Chamberlain\\'s policy toward Germany in 1939 (Methods of appeasement was Chamberlain\\'s description of his policy).