<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>appeased, appeasing<ul><li>to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.</li><li>Synonyms: placate, calm</li><li>Antonyms: enrage</li><li>to satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage: The fruit appeased his hunger.</li><li>Antonyms: sharpen, arouse, increase</li><li>to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles.</li><li>Antonyms: defy</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>appeased, appeasing<ul><li>to make compensation for something; repay someone: no attempt to recompense for our trouble.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc.: to make recompense for the loss one's carelessness has caused.<ul><li>Synonyms: satisfaction, indemnification, amends, payment</li><li>a repayment or requital, as for favors, gifts, etc.</li><li>a remuneration or reward, as for services, aid, or the like.</li></ul></li></ul>