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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:

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.

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