pacification meaning and definition

PACIFICATION noun

Definition of pacification (noun)

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"
   • synonyms: mollification
2. a treaty to cease hostilities
   • "peace came on November 11th"
   • synonyms: peace, peace treaty
3. actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
   • synonyms: counterinsurgency