Search Result:pacification
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˏpæsәfәˋkeʃәn 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˏpæsifiˊkeiʃәn 〕
Overview of noun pacification
The noun pacification has 3 senses
- 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")
- peace, peace treaty, pacification -- (a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th")
- pacification, counterinsurgency -- (actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency)