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Pacification Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Pacification has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
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"

2

a treaty to cease hostilities

"peace came on November 11th"

3

actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

4

The process of pacifying.

Example Sentences
"a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants" noun
"his unsuccessful mollification of the mob" noun
"peace came on November 11th" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
appeasement treaty conflict
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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