placability means the quality of being placable or appeasable. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “placability” is a great word
PLACABILITY — [Noun] The quality of being easily pacified, appeased, or forgiving. From the Latin plācābilitās, from plācābilis ("easily appeased, placable") + -tās (noun-forming suffix). Unlike leniency, which implies a deliberate act of mercy, or complacency, which suggests self-satisfied inertia, placability is an inherent mildness of spirit, a predisposition toward reconciliation. It is the quick softening of a parent’s frown, the dissolution of a child’s stormy upset into a trusting smile, and the quiet refusal to let a grievance take root—a quiet strength that chooses the warmth of peace over the cold comfort of being right.
Etymology
From Latin plācābilitās. Compare French placabilité.
noun
- The quality of being placable or appeasable.