pacification

Noun
  1. The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined (synset 101153592)
    "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob"
    is a type of: appeasement, calming - the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
    same as: mollification
  2. A treaty to cease hostilities (synset 106786777)
    "peace came on November 11th"
    is a type of: accord, pact, treaty - a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
    specific 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
    same as: peace, peace treaty
  3. Actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency (synset 100965860)
    is a type of: battle, conflict, struggle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
    same as: counterinsurgency

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