HyperDic: pacification

English > 3 senses of the word pacification:
NOUNactpacification, mollificationthe act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
communicationpacification, peace, peace treatya treaty to cease hostilities
actpacification, counterinsurgencyactions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
pacification > pronunciation
Soundspae.sahfahkey'shahn
RhymesAachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...
English > pacification: 3 senses > noun 1, act
MeaningThe act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined.
Example"a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"
Synonymmollification
Broaderappeasement, calmingThe act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
Spanishacallamiento, pacificación
Catalanpacificació
Verbspacifycause to be more favorably inclined
English > pacification: 3 senses > noun 2, communication
MeaningA treaty to cease hostilities.
Synonymspeace, peace treaty
InstancesPeace of WestphaliaThe peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648
Treaty of VersaillesThe treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
Broadertreaty, pact, accordA written agreement between two states or sovereigns
Spanishpacificación, paz, tratado de paz
Catalanpau, tractat de pau
Verbspacifyfight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
English > pacification: 3 senses > noun 3, act
Meaningactions taken by a government to defeat insurgency.
Synonymcounterinsurgency
Broaderconflict, struggle, battleAn open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
Spanishcontragolpe

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