Pacification

[,pæsɪfɪ'keɪʃən]

Definition

(noun.) actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency.

(noun.) 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'.

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Definition

(n.) The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.

Typed by Ann

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Tranquillization, reconciliation, reconcilement, accommodation.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Conciliation, reconciliation, reconcilement, arrangement, compromise,adjustment

ANT:Warfare, fighting, hostilities, war, arms, the_sword

Editor: Nita