pacification

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pac=i=fi=ca=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

pacification, n. [L. pacificatio: cf. F. pacification. See Pacify.].

 The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pacification, n. the act of pacifying or the process of being pacified.

Derivative

pacificatory adj.

Etymology

F f. L pacificatio -onis (as PACIFY)

THESAURUS

pacification

Pax Dei, Pax Romana, Peace of God, abatement, allayment, alleviation, armistice, assuagement, blunting, breathing spell, buffer zone, calming, cease-fire, cooling-off period, damping, deadening, demilitarized zone, demulsion, diminution, dulcification, dulling, easing, falling-off, hollow truce, hushing, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, loosening, lulling, mitigation, modulation, modus vivendi, mollification, neutral territory, palliation, pax in bello, peace, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, remission, slackening, softening, soothing, stand-down, subduement, suspension of hostilities, tempering, temporary arrangement, tranquilization, treaty of peace, truce

ROGET THESAURUS

pacification

Pacification

N pacification, conciliation, reconciliation, reconcilement, shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment, terms, compromise, amnesty, deed of release, peace offering, olive branch, calumet of peace, preliminaries of peace, truce, armistice, suspension of arms, suspension of hostilities, stand-down, breathing time, convention, modus vivendi, flag of truce, white flag, parlementaire, cartel, hollow truce, pax in bello, drawn battle, conciliatory, composing, pacified, requiescat in pace.

Moderation

N moderation, lenity, temperateness, gentleness, sobriety, quiet, mental calmness, moderating, anaphrodisia, relaxation, remission, mitigation, tranquilization, assuagement, contemporation, pacification, measure, juste milieu, golden mean, ariston metron, moderator, lullaby, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, antispasmodic, carminative, laudanum, rose water, balm, poppy, opiate, anodyne, milk, opium, poppy or mandragora, wet blanket, palliative, moderate, lenient, gentle, mild, mellow, cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured, tempered, calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still, slow, smooth, untroubled, tame, peaceful, peaceable, pacific, halcyon, unexciting, unirritating, soft, bland, oily, demulcent, lenitive, anodyne, hypnotic, sedative, antiorgastic, anaphrodisiac, mild as mother's milk, milk and water, moderately, gingerly, piano, under easy sail, at half speed, within bounds, within compass, in reason, est modue in rebus, pour oil on troubled waters.