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1. The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favourably inclined
   "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"
   - mollification
    
2. A treaty to cease hostilities
   "pacification came on November 11th"
   - peace, peace treaty
    
3. Actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
   - counterinsurgency

Derived forms: pacifications

See also: pacify

Type of: accord, appeasement, battle, calming, conflict, pact, struggle, treaty

Encyclopedia: Pacification