Definition of pacification - WordReference.com Dictionary

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pacification
A	noun
	1	pacification, counterinsurgency
			actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚conflict; struggle; battle ╚pacification, counterinsurgency
	2	pacification, mollification
			the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined; "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚social control ╚appeasement; calming ╚pacification, mollification
	3	peace, peace treaty, pacification
			a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚agreement; understanding ╚written agreement ╚treaty; pact; accord ╚peace, peace treaty, pacification ╚Treaty of Versailles ╚Peace of Westphalia

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