noun. The act of pacifying or the condition of being pacified; appeasement.

noun. undefined

noun. Reduction, as of a rebellious district, to peaceful submission.

noun. Practical measures or policy aiming to effect this type of submission.

noun. A peace treaty.

noun. The act of pacifying or reducing to a state of peace; appeasement; reconciliation; the establishment of peaceful relations or of a condition of peace.

noun. The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.

noun. The process of pacifying.

noun. The process of calming, settling and taking control over an object, person or situation.

noun. the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined

noun. actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

noun. a treaty to cease hostilities

"With Rio gearing up to host the 2014 World Cup final and the 2016 Olympics, authorities have embarked upon a so-called "pacification" scheme, permanently occupying over a dozen slums and evicting the drug traffickers' private armies."

edicts of pacification  

appeasement  battle  calming  conflict  struggle  

Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  

amalgamation  amnesty  annexation  arbitration  armistice  

Pax Dei  Pax Romana  Peace of God  abatement  allayment