| NOUN | act | pacification, mollification | the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | pacification, peace, peace treaty | a treaty to cease hostilities | |
| act | pacification, counterinsurgency | actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency |
| Sounds | pae.sahfahkey'shahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants" | |
| Synonym | mollification | |
| Broader | appeasement, calming | The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) |
| Spanish | acallamiento, pacificación | |
| Catalan | pacificació | |
| Verbs | pacify | cause to be more favorably inclined |
| Meaning | A treaty to cease hostilities. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | peace, peace treaty | |
| Instances | Peace of Westphalia | The peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648 |
| Treaty of Versailles | The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans | |
| Broader | treaty, pact, accord | A written agreement between two states or sovereigns |
| Spanish | pacificación, paz, tratado de paz | |
| Catalan | pau, tractat de pau | |
| Verbs | pacify | fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location) |
| Meaning | actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency. | |
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| Synonym | counterinsurgency | |
| Broader | conflict, struggle, battle | An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) |
| Spanish | contragolpe | |
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