What is the meaning of pacification?

noun

  • The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined.
    • usage: "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob"
  • A treaty to cease hostilities.
    • usage: "peace came on November 11th"
  • Actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency.
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