Usually means: Persuading or flattering with insincerity.
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  1. soft-soaping: Merriam-Webster
  2. soft-soaping, soft-soaping: Collins English Dictionary
  3. soft-soaping, soft soaping: Wiktionary
  4. soft-soaping: Dictionary.com
  5. soft-soaping: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. soft-soaping: Idioms

(Note: See soft_soap as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (soft soap)

noun:  Any jellyish soap made by cooking natural oils and fats with potassium hydroxide.
noun:  Any fluid or semifluid soap.
noun:  Alternative spelling of soft-soap (“flattery, persuasion”). [Persuasion by means of flattery or pleasing words.]
verb:  Alternative spelling of soft-soap [To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words; to butter up.]
▸ Also see soft_soap

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