palaver

nouns

flattery intended to persuade

blandishment, cajolery, palaver

loud and confused and empty talk

"mere rhetoric"

empty talk, empty words, hot air, palaver, rhetoric

speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

"He palavered her into going along"

blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle

have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds

palaver

is a type of (narrower)

discuss, as between enemies