pacification Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
    mollification.
    • a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants
    • his unsuccessful mollification of the mob
  2. noun a treaty to cease hostilities
    peace; peace treaty.
    • peace came on November 11th
  3. noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
    counterinsurgency.

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