pacification
Plural: pacifications
Noun
- the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
- "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"
- a treaty to cease hostilities
- actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- The process of pacifying.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English pacificacion, from Old French pacification.
Synonyms
counterinsurgency, mollification, peace, peace treaty
Scrabble Score: 21
pacification: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpacification: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pacification: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 25
pacification: valid Words With Friends Word