placation

lepyttely A process or act of placate placating; appeasement or an expression of appeasement.
1888, "Manners and meals," Science, vol. 12, no. 283, http://books.google.ca/books?id=mTAWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3&dq=%22placation%22&lr=lang_en&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1801&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1899&as_brr=3&client=firefox-av=onepage&q=%22placation%22&f=false p. 3:

The refusal, at certain times and seasons, of food that in itself is hygienically good and palatable, in placation of a deity, or, without further explanation, to avoid bad luck, is well known among the lower tribes of men.

Instead, Jerry was all placation and appeal, all softness of pleading.

While these political sellout artists have been intoning their mind numbing placations, citizens across the nation have been speaking and acting.