Pacification
Definition of pacification:
part of speech: noun
The act of making peace between parties at variance.
part of speech: noun
The act of calming or of making peaceful; the state of being calmed.
Usage examples for pacification:
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All pacification is an evil, if indeed it is not a trap.
"Catherine de' Medici", Honore de Balzac. -
The action was a piece of gross folly on the part of the Russian authorities if they still cherished the hopes of pacification which the Czar professed; but others also were at fault.
"History of Modern Europe 1792-1878", C. A. Fyffe.