Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pacification"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pacification \Pa*cif`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. pacificatio: cf. F.
pacification. See {Pacify}.]
The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between
parties at variance; reconciliation. ``An embassy of
pacification.'' --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pacification
n 1: the act of pacifying; "a wonderful skill in the pacification
of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of
the mob" [syn: {mollification}]
2: a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th"
[syn: {peace}, {peace treaty}]
3: actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency [syn: {counterinsurgency}]
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