[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pacification \pacif`ica"tion\, n. l. pacificatio: cf. f.
   pacification. see pacify.
   the act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between
   parties at variance; reconciliation. "an embassy of
   pacification." --bacon.
   1913 webster
see also:
pacify 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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: mollification
     2: a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on november 11th"
        syn: peace, peace treaty
     3: actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency syn: counterinsurgency
see also:
mollification peace peace treaty counterinsurgency 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

56 moby thesaurus words for "pacification":
   pax dei, pax romana, peace of god, abatement, allayment,
   alleviation, armistice, assuagement, blunting, breathing spell,
   buffer zone, calming, cease-fire, cooling-off period, damping,
   deadening, demilitarized zone, demulsion, diminution,
   dulcification, dulling, easing, falling-off, hollow truce, hushing,
   leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, loosening,
   lulling, mitigation, modulation, modus vivendi, mollification,
   neutral territory, palliation, pax in bello, peace, quietening,
   quieting, reduction, relaxation, remission, slackening, softening,
   soothing, stand-down, subduement, suspension of hostilities,
   tempering, temporary arrangement, tranquilization, treaty of peace,
   truce

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