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pacification

DEFINITIONS OF: pacification

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n the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined

“a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants”
Synonyms:
mollification
Type of:
appeasement, calming
the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)

n actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

Synonyms:
counterinsurgency
Type of:
battle, conflict, struggle
an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

n a treaty to cease hostilities

Synonyms:
peace, peace treaty
Examples:
Peace of Westphalia
the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648
Treaty of Versailles
the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
Type of:
accord, pact, treaty
a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
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