definition of
pacification

[1] #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] #2 pacification n. [peace, peace treaty] a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th". wn

[3] #3 pacification n. [counterinsurgency] actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency. wn