pacification

/ ˌpæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

1. the act, process, or policy of pacifying

Other Word Forms

• pacificatory adjective

Example Sentences

“We have to move forward little by little until we achieve the pacification of the entire country,” says Senator Salagado.

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The far-right leader said in a speech that he seeks “pacification to erase the past,” taking a more conciliatory tone than when he was in office.

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It looks very much as if the government has made a coordinated effort to send out a message of appeasement and pacification.

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As American involvement in Vietnam deepened, he went to Saigon in 1965 to evaluate civilian pacification programs.

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In Kimel’s conclusion, “If not for Selznick’s choices to err on the side of white pacification, he could have altered the course of one of the most celebrated — and disgraced — movies ever made.”

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Related Words

• accord 
• friendship 
• love 
• reconciliation 
• truce 
• unity