#1 pacification n. [mollification] 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". wn
#2 pacification n. [peace, peace treaty] a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th". wn
#3 pacification n. [counterinsurgency] actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency. wn
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