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The act of pacifying
Answer for the clue "The act of pacifying ", 13 letters:
mollification
Word definitions for mollification in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French mollificacion (Modern French mollification ), from Medieval Latin mollificationem (nominative mollificatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of mollificare (see mollify ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mollification \Mol`li*fi*ca"tion\, n. [LL. mollificatio; cf. F. mollification.] The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening. --Chaucer.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered 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" [syn: pacification ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of mollify.
Usage examples of mollification.
At first they seemed indifferent, for they were absolute fatalists, but her strategy of mollification meant they no longer pointed their guns at the prisoners while they slept, and their weapons, wrapped in cloths, were kept out of sight behind the television.
In spite of his attempts at mollification, Valleri did not trust me to submit meekly to his will.
Ralph appreciated, was an attempt at mollification with perhaps a touch of coquetry.
This woman has far too much of the fiery humors in her to permit the submissive state required for proper mollification of the bones.