Appeasement's "the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and compromise, thereby avoiding the resort to an armed conflict which would be expensive, bloody, and possibly dangerous." The word "appeasement" has been used as a synonym for cowardice since the 1930s and it's still used in that sense today as a justification for firm, often armed, action in international relations. The aftermath of the First World War In 1920 Wins… (More on Appeasement)