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A treaty to cease hostilities
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pacification
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pacification may refer to: The restoration of peace through a declaration or peace treaty: Pacification of Ghent , an alliance of several provinces of the Netherlands signed on November 8, 1576 Treaty of Berwick (1639) , or Pacification of Berwick , signed ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"a setting at peace," early 15c., from Middle French pacification "act of making peaceful" (15c.), from Latin pacificationem (nominative pacificatio ) "a peace-making," noun of action from past participle stem of pacificare "to pacify" (see pacify ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pacification \Pa*cif`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. pacificatio: cf. F. pacification. See Pacify .] The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. ``An embassy of pacification.'' --Bacon.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The process of pacifying.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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: mollification ] a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on ...
Usage examples of pacification.
The era of pacification was over and attention could now be given to the deliberate change of indigenous societies in accordance with the prevailing philosophies of government.
Peace prevailed, and the negro conqueror now devoted himself to the complete pacification of the people.
The Czechoslovak President declared that, in order to serve this object and to achieve ultimate pacification, he confidently placed the fate of the Czech people and country in the hands of the Fuehrer of the German Reich.
And presently, noticing it, feeling his sensitive serenity, Domini seemed to see the great Mother at work about this child of hers, Nature at her tender task of pacification.
On the twentieth day of May the king closed the session with a speech, in which he told both houses that a farther convention, touching the execution of the preliminaries, had been made and communicated to him by the emperor and most christian king, and that negotiations were carrying on by the several powers engaged in the late war, in order to settle a general pacification.
Half a million had died breaking the Ankara line in Anatolia, in 1917, and as many more in the grinding campaigns of pacification in the Asian territories after the war.
The British propose Terms of Pacification -- Rejected by the Civil Authorities -- They penetrate the Combahee with their Fleet -- Death of Col. Laurens -- Anecdote of Marion -- Death of Wilmot -- The British evacuate Charleston -- Marion separates from his Brigade at Watboo -- His Military Genius.
Has the pacification of Christians reached the point where illegal immigrants, who are now flooding into host nations, will soon demand not to assimilate but that the native population convert to their religion and their beliefs?
There are also preliminary overviews of Castle Gateway’s role in laborforce procurement for the reconstruction and pacification operations.
More cruisers, more pacifications, had followed, and followed fruitlessly.
The second was a statement of Peacekeeper understanding that granted the Yycroman Hierarch this one-time exemption from the rearmament prohibitions of the Pacification treaty.
They also burned both Santa Ynez and the visible structures at the mines and produced photographs to prove how complete their pacification had been.