Pacification - Definition
pacification
n 1: 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" [syn: pacification, mollification]
2: a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th"
[syn: peace, peace treaty, pacification]
3: actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency [syn:
pacification, counterinsurgency]