pacification
1pacification — [ pasifikasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1450; lat. pacificatio ♦ Action de pacifier. « Cette pacification du Maroc avait été obtenue autant par la persuasion que par la force » (Maurois). Politique, mesures de pacification. ♢ Fait de ramener le calme, la paix.… …
2Pacification — may refer to:;Making peace (even if used as a euphemism) *Pacification of Berwick, signed on June 18, 1639 between England and Scotland *Pacification Sejm, a session of the Sejm in 1736 concluding the civil war in the Polish Lithuanian… …
3pacification — [pas΄ə fi kā′shən] n. 〚Fr < L pacificatio〛 a pacifying or being pacified * * * pac·i·fi·ca·tion (păs ə fĭ kāʹshən) n. 1. The act of pacifying or the condition of being pacified; appeasement. 2. a. Reduction, as of a rebellious district, to… …
4pacification — Pacification. subst. f. v. Restablissement de la paix. Edit de pacification. travailler à la pacification des troubles, la pacification des differends …
5Pacification — 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. [1913 Webster] …
6pacification — (n.) a setting at peace, early 15c., from O.Fr. pacification (15c.), from L. pacificationem (nom. pacificatio), noun of action from pp. stem of pacificare to pacify (see PACIFY (Cf. pacify)) …
7Pacification — Pacification, lat. deutsch, die Herstellung des Friedens oder der Ruhe, durch Güte oder Gewalt; pacificiren, beruhigen …
8pacification — index conciliation, expiation, mollification, peace, reconciliation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
9pacification — [pas΄ə fi kā′shən] n. [Fr < L pacificatio] a pacifying or being pacified …
10pacification — (pa si fi ka sion ; en vers, de six syllabes) s. f. 1° Rétablissement de la paix. La pacification de l Europe. La pacification des troubles. • On tenterait vainement des pacifications sur les controverses, en présupposant qu il fallût changer …
