pacification Definition
paci·fi·ca·tion (pas′ə fi kā′s̸hən)
noun
a pacifying or being pacified
Etymology: Fr < L pacificatio
pacification Synonyms
pacification Usage Examples
Preposition: of
country: Pacification of the entire country of Afghanistan has never been achieved by foreigners and cannot be the objective of the American military effort.
Converse of object
- call: Their award in the happy pacification called the ' Dictum de Kenilworth ' was subsequently confirmed by the king and parliament.
- sign: Charles signed the Pacification of Berwick on the 19th of June, 1639 and broke it the next year.
Adjective modifier
Polish: A dissatisfied Ukraine smarting under the memory of the Polish pacification can be no source of strength to Poland.
Modifies a noun
process: Without justice, a peace process is only a pacification process.
Browse dictionary entries near pacification
- ‹ pacificate
- ‹ Pacific Time
- ‹ Pacific Standard Time
- ‹ Pacific Rim
- ‹ Pacific Ocean
- ‹ Pacific Islands
- ‹ Pacific Exchange
- ‹ pacific
- ‹ pacifiable
- ‹ pachysandra
- pacifier ›
- pacifism ›
- pacifist ›
- pacify ›
- Pacinian corpuscle ›
- pack ›
- pack animal ›
- pack ice ›
- pack rat ›
- -pack ›

