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 Definition of 'pacification':

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1. (noun) pacification, mollification
the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
"a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob"

2. (noun) peace, peace treaty, pacification
a treaty to cease hostilities
"peace came on November 11th"

3. (noun) pacification, counterinsurgency
actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency



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