1. (

• pacification ,
• 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" ;

2. (

• peace ,
• peace_treaty ,
• pacification

) a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th" ;

3. (

• pacification ,
• counterinsurgency

) actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency ;