Associations to the word «Pacification»

Wiktionary

PACIFICATION, noun. The process of pacifying.

Dictionary definition

PACIFICATION, noun. 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".
PACIFICATION, noun. A treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th".
PACIFICATION, noun. Actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley