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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"
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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
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