pacification has definitions from the fields of sociology,politics,law,writing
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[ noun ] (sociology) the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined

Synonyms

mollification

Examples

"a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants" "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob"

Used in print

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

The significant things in it , at the higher religious levels , are the inner emotional , mental , and spiritual occurrences that fill the pressing human needs of self-preservation , self pacification , and self completion .

Related terms

appeasement pacify

2
[ noun ] (law,writing) a treaty to cease hostilities

Synonyms

peace_treaty peace

Examples

"peace came on November 11th"

3
[ noun ] (politics) actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

Related terms

conflict insurgency

4
[ noun ] actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

Related terms

conflict

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