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pacification

 
Noun pacification has 3 senses
  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"
    --1 is a kind of appeasement, calming
    Derived form: verb pacify1
  2. peace, peace treaty, pacification - a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th"
    --2 is a kind of treaty, pact, accord
    --2 has particulars: Peace of Westphalia; Treaty of Versailles
    Derived form: verb pacify2
  3. pacification, counterinsurgency - actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
    --3 is a kind of conflict, struggle, battle
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