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pacification
Part of speech: NounThe act of calming or of making peaceful; the state of being calmed.
Usage examples "pacification":- It is possible that he thought that a foreign enemy would decide all the wavering minds, and possibly open the way to a pacification between the North and South. - "The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I", William James Stillman.
- But unfortunately Mr. Lincoln fell by the hands of an assassin, and never had an opportunity to carry out the great policy of pacification which could only have been sustained at that time by his great influence, by his patience, that was supreme, and by his wisdom, that has proved to be almost infallible in working out the salvation of the Union. - "Stories Of Georgia 1896", Joel Chandler Harris.
- How complete is complete pacification, general? - "Uller Uprising", Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr.