pacification

n 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" 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: WordNet. Princeton University

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