pacification

pacification
n
1. tranquilization, quieting, calming, lulling, soothing, comforting, consoling, solacing; assuagement, allaying, alleviation, palliation, relieving; mitigation, abatement, remission, relief; reduction, lessening, diminution, moderation, modulation; tempering, softening, mollifying, mollification.
2. appeasement, placation, propitiation, conciliation; atonement, reconciliation, reconciling, reconcilement, reunion; sacrifice, compromise, accommodation, adjustment; peace-making, mediation, arbitration, negotiation, intervention; settlement, terms, truce, treaty, armistice; suspension of hostilities, moratorium, relaxation of tensions, de'tente, peace.
3. subdual, suppression, quelling, quashing; satisfaction, satisfying, slaking, quenching; dulling, blunting, stifling, smothering.
4. peacefulness, rest, repose, tranquillity, calm, serenity; relief, comfort, consolation, solace.

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  • pacification — [ pasifikasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1450; lat. pacificatio ♦ Action de pacifier. « Cette pacification du Maroc avait été obtenue autant par la persuasion que par la force » (Maurois). Politique, mesures de pacification. ♢ Fait de ramener le calme, la paix.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Pacification — may refer to:;Making peace (even if used as a euphemism) *Pacification of Berwick, signed on June 18, 1639 between England and Scotland *Pacification Sejm, a session of the Sejm in 1736 concluding the civil war in the Polish Lithuanian… …   Wikipedia

  • pacification — [pas΄ə fi kā′shən] n. 〚Fr < L pacificatio〛 a pacifying or being pacified * * * pac·i·fi·ca·tion (păs ə fĭ kāʹshən) n. 1. The act of pacifying or the condition of being pacified; appeasement. 2. a. Reduction, as of a rebellious district, to… …   Universalium

  • pacification — Pacification. subst. f. v. Restablissement de la paix. Edit de pacification. travailler à la pacification des troubles, la pacification des differends …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pacification — (n.) a setting at peace, early 15c., from O.Fr. pacification (15c.), from L. pacificationem (nom. pacificatio), noun of action from pp. stem of pacificare to pacify (see PACIFY (Cf. pacify)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Pacification — Pacification, lat. deutsch, die Herstellung des Friedens oder der Ruhe, durch Güte oder Gewalt; pacificiren, beruhigen …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • pacification — index conciliation, expiation, mollification, peace, reconciliation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • pacification — [pas΄ə fi kā′shən] n. [Fr < L pacificatio] a pacifying or being pacified …   English World dictionary

  • pacification — (pa si fi ka sion ; en vers, de six syllabes) s. f. 1°   Rétablissement de la paix. La pacification de l Europe. La pacification des troubles. •   On tenterait vainement des pacifications sur les controverses, en présupposant qu il fallût changer …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Pacification — La pacification est un terme du vocabulaire militaire et colonial. Après la conquête d un territoire, ou la déclaration de cette conquête, les rébellions peuvent remettre en cause l ordre du conquérant. Elles nécessitent une intervention armée… …   Wikipédia en Français

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