Placate

placate [ PLEY-keyt ]
[ noun, transitive verb ]

MEANING :
1. (tr.v.) to appease
2. (tr. v.) to pacify
3. (n.) a piece of plate armor to protect the torso

EXAMPLE 1 :
The peasants realised that the only way to placate the despot was to offer him half of their produce.

EXAMPLE 2 :
President Hamid Karzai said Afghan forces would take responsibility for security from international troops within five years in an inauguration speech which placated his impatient Western allies.