Definition: pacification

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

pacification
     n 1: the act of pacifying; "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]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Pacification \Pa*cif`i*ca"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.