Meanings
plural pacifications · alternative archaic pacificacion · alternative archaic pacifycacion
- countableuncountableThe process of pacifying.
The Proteſtants in their Anſwer acknowledged the good-will of the Emperor their Chief, and ſhewed, that the Catholicks ahd oppreſſed them, contrary to the Pacification
1682, John Rushworth, Historical collections of private passages1 more example
The electrification of the lines radiating from Casablanca originated with the policy of economic penetration and conciliation pursued by Marshal Lyautey for the pacification of Morocco.
1950 March, “The Why and the Wherefore: Railway Electrification in Morocco”, in Railway Magazine, page 214
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
nounactions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchpacification
- Middle Englishpacificacion
- Englishpacification
From Middle English pacificacion, from Old French pacification.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian усмиряване, умиротворяване
- усмиряване (usmirjavane)the process of pacifying
- умиротворяване (umirotvorjavane)the process of pacifying
Chinese Mandarin 安撫 /安抚, 綏靖 /绥靖
- 安撫 /安抚 (ānfǔ)the process of pacifying
- 綏靖 /绥靖 (suíjìng)the process of pacifying
Dutch pacificatie
- pacificatiethe process of pacifying
Finnish rauhoittaminen
- rauhoittaminenthe process of pacifying
French pacification
- pacificationthe process of pacifying
German Befriedung
- Befriedungthe process of pacifying
Greek ειρήνευση
- ειρήνευση (eirínefsi)the process of pacifying
Hindi शमन
- शमन (śaman)the process of pacifying
Indonesian pasifikasi
- pasifikasithe process of pacifying
Japanese 鎮静
- 鎮静 (chinsei)the process of pacifying
Latin pācātiō, pācificātiō
- pācātiōthe process of pacifying
- pācificātiōthe process of pacifying
Latvian pacifikācija
- pacifikācijathe process of pacifying
Malay pendamaian, pengamanan
- pendamaianthe process of pacifying
- pengamananthe process of pacifying
- pasifikasithe process of pacifying
Māori whakangehenga
- whakangehengathe process of pacifying
Norwegian passivisering
- passiviseringthe process of pacifying
Polish pacyfikacja
- pacyfikacjathe process of pacifying
Portuguese pacificação
- pacificaçãothe process of pacifying
Russian пацифика́ция, умиротворе́ние
- пацифика́ция (pacifikácija)the process of pacifying
- умиротворе́ние (umirotvorénije)the process of pacifying
- усмире́ние (usmirénije)the process of pacifying
- успокое́ние (uspokojénije)the process of pacifying
Spanish pacificación
- pacificaciónthe process of pacifying
Swedish pacificering
- pacificeringthe process of pacifying
Ukrainian пацифіка́ція, умиротво́рення
- пацифіка́ція (pacyfikácija)the process of pacifying
- умиротво́рення (umyrotvórennja)the process of pacifying
- утихоми́рення (utyxomýrennja)the process of pacifying
- заспоко́єння (zaspokójennja)the process of pacifying
Cite this entry
pacification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pacification
“pacification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pacification. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pacification,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pacification.
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