Noun: pacification ,pa-si-fi'key-shun
- The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favourably inclined
"a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants";
- mollification
- Actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
"The pacification strategy focused on winning the support of the local population";
- counterinsurgency
- A treaty to cease hostilities
"The pacification was signed after months of negotiation";
- peace, peace treaty
Derived forms: pacifications
Type of: accord, appeasement, battle, calming, conflict, pact, struggle, treaty
Encyclopedia: Pacification, England and Scotland Act 1640