Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pacification

3 senses of pacification

Sense 1
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")
       => appeasement, calming -- (the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of))

Sense 2
peace, peace treaty, pacification -- (a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th")
       => treaty, pact, accord -- (a written agreement between two states or sovereigns)

Sense 3
pacification, counterinsurgency -- (actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency)
       => conflict, struggle, battle -- (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs")