Pacification

Definitions: Pacification

Pacification

Noun

1. The act of pacifying; "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob".

2. A treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th".

3. Actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency.

Date "pacification" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Etymology: Pacification \Pa*cif`i*ca"tion\, noun. [Latin expression pacificatio: compare to the French expression pacification. See Pacify.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Pacification

Synonyms: counterinsurgency (n), mollification (n), peace (n), peace treaty (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Moderation	Moderating; Verb: anaphrodisia; relaxation, remission, mitigation, tranquilization, assuagement, contemporation, pacification.
Pacification	Noun: pacification, conciliation; reconciliation, reconcilement; shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment; terms, compromise; amnesty, deed of release.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Pacification

English words defined with "pacification": mollification. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Pacification" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (pacification, pacifying, reconditioning, reconstitution, recreation).

Domain	Title
Books	More Than a Soldier's War: Pacification in Vietnam (Texas A&m University Military History Series, 47) (reference) Pacification of Melanesia (reference) Standing in the Gap: Army Outposts, Picket Stations, and the Pacification of the Texas Frontier 1866-1886 (reference) The Council of the Santa Hermandad; a study of the pacification forces of Ferdinand and Isabella (reference) The genocide machine in Canada : the pacification of the North (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Date	Quotation
Winston S. Churchill	1946	Surely we should work with conscious purpose for a grand pacification of Europe, within the structure of the United Nations and in accordance with its Charter. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Niger	Although French efforts at pacification began before 1900, dissident ethnic groups, especially the desert Tuareg, were not subdued until 1922, when Niger became a French colony. (references)
	Fiji	The pattern of colonialism in Fiji during the following century was similar to that in other British possessions: the pacification of the countryside, the spread of plantation agriculture, and the introduction of Indian indentured labor. (references)
	Cote d'Ivoire	However, pacification was not accomplished until 1915. (references)
Human Rights	Poland	Several trials related to extrajudicial killings during the Communist period, which were initiated in 1999 and 2000, continued during the year, including the retrial of 22 riot policemen accused of killing miners during martial law under the Communist regime; the retrial of former Communist Interior Minister Czeslaw Kiszczak for his role in the pacification of the Wujek mine; and the retrial of General Wladyslaw Ciaston, one of the two former Communist Security Services generals accused (and acquitted in 1994) of having directed the 1984 torture and killing of Father Jerzy Popieluszko. (references)
Minorities	Ghana	In 1999 after 14 years of animosity, the Bimobas and the Konkombas of the East Mamprusi District of the Northern Region held a pacification and reconciliation ceremony. (references)
	Zimbabwe	During the 1980's, the Shona-dominated Government suppressed what it called a brief Ndebele insurgency with a 5-year pacification campaign that killed an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 Ndebele civilians in Matabeleland, the region in which the Ndebele are concentrated. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	While I cannot report the desired progress in the pacification effort, the very distinguished and able Ambassador, Henry Cabot Lodge, reports that South Vietnam is turning to this task with a new sense of urgency.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Pacification" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pacification" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	25	69,787

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "pacification"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		paqësim (appeasement), qetësim (appeasement, assuagement, comfort, impassivity, lull, mollification, propitiation, reassurance, relief, rest, sedation, slack, softening). (various references)

Arabic		‏تهدئة (calming, pacifying), ‏تسكين (alleviation, mitigation), ‏إعادة السلام, ‏إصلاح (betterment, correction, mediation, mend, pacifying, reclamation, reconcile, reconditioning, recovery, redress, reform, reformation, rehabilitation, remedy, renovation, repair, reparation), ‏إخماد الفتنة. (various references)

Bulgarian		успокояване (appeasement, mollification), умиротворяване. (various references)

Czech		sjednání míru. (various references)

Finnish		rauhoitus (closure, protection). (various references)

French		apaisement (pacifying). (various references)

German		beschwichtigung (appeasement, placation, soothing), beruhigung (calming, comforting, pacifying, quietening, reassurance, sedation, soothing). (various references)

Greek		ειρήνευση (placation). (various references)

Hebrew		שכוך (covered, sedation, thatched), פיוס (appeasement, conciliation, propitiation, reconciliation), פצוי (compensation, damages, indemnification, indemnity, offset), �"שקט�" (calming, lull, quieting, soothing, tranquillization), �"שכ� ת שלום (pacifying, peacemaking). (various references)

Hungarian		rendteremtés, megbékítés (appeasement, appeasing, mollification, propitiation), lecsendesítés (appeasement, appeasing, pacifying). (various references)

Indonesian		pengamanan (efforts to achieve security). (various references)

Italian		pacificazione (appeasement, peacemaking, reconciliation). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		鎮静 (appeasement, calm, quiet, tranquility). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		いぶ (authority and force, soothing), ち�"ぶ (placating), ち�"せい (appeasement, calm, dullness, quiet, stillness, tranquility). (various references)

Manx		sheealtys, kiunaghey (allay, appease, appeasement, becalm, calm, calming, compose, die down, hush, hush as child, lull, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, sedate, sedation, soothe, steady down, tranquillization, tranquillize). (various references)

Pig Latin		acificationpay.(various references)

Portuguese		pacificamente (stilly), pacificac,a~o, pacificação. (various references)

Romanian		pacificare (peace making, placation), împãciuire (conciliation, reconciliation), împãcare (accommodation, conciliation, placation, propitiation, reconciliation). (various references)

Russian		умиротворение (apeasement, appeasement, conciliation, placation, propitiation). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pomirenje (acquiescence, conciliation, mediation), stišavanje (mollification), mirovni ugovor. (various references)

Spanish		pacificación. (various references)

Swedish		pacificering, återställande av fred. (various references)

Turkish		uzlaştırma (accommodation, conciliation, reconciliation), huzura kavuşturma, barışma (peacemaking, rapprochement, reconciliation, settlement), ülkede huzur sağlama. (various references)

Ukranian		утихомирення (mortification), умиротворнення. (various references)

Vietnamese		sự l� m nguôi ho� ước, sự bình định sự l� m yên. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "pacification": pacifications. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Pacification" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acidication, factification, massification, parification, pascification, passification, pusification, spacification. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "pacification" (pronounced pa'sufukā"shun)
10	-a' s u f u k ā" sh u n	classification, gasification, reclassification.
9	-s u f u k ā" sh u n	diversification, falsification, intensification, ossification.
8	-u f u k ā" sh u n	acidification, amplification, certification, codification, decertification, deification, disqualification, edification, fortification, gratification, identification, magnification, modification, notification, nullification, personification, purification, qualification, quantification, ramification, ratification, recertification, rectification, reunification, sanctification, saponification, unification, verification, vilification.
7	-f u k ā" sh u n	pontification, suffocation.
6	-u k ā" sh u n	adjudication, advocation, allocation, application, authentication, avocation, communication, complication, convocation, dedication, desiccation, domestication, duplication, education, equivocation, eradication, excommunication, explication, implication, indication, intoxication, invocation, medication, misallocation, misapplication, miscommunication, multiplication, prefabrication, prognostication, provocation, reallocation, rededication, replication, revocation, vindication.
5	-k ā" sh u n	abdication, altercation, bifurcation, clarification, confiscation, demarcation, detoxication, detoxification, disembarkation, dislocation, echolocation, electrification, embarkation, evocation, fabrication, gentrification, glorification, indemnification, justification, location, lubrication, misidentification, mummification, obfuscation, publication, relocation, simplification, sophistication, specification, syndication, telecommunication, vacation, vocation.
4	-ā" sh u n	abbreviation, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, activation, adaptation, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alphabetization, alteration, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authorization, automation, aviation, balkanization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, coagulation, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communization, compensation, compilation, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, divination, documentation, domination, donation, dramatization, duration, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, facilitation, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gastrulation, generalization, generation, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, gradation, graduation, granulation, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indentation, indexation, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, machination, magnetization, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscreation, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, nucleation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, punctuation, quotation, radiation, radicalization, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recitation, reclamation, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, recuperation, redecoration, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanitation, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, specialization, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, summation, superstation, tabulation, taxation, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, vibration, victimization, violation, visitation, visualization, vulgarization, westernization.
3	-sh u n	abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-f-i-i-i-n-o-p-t"
	-3 letters: cocaptain.
	-4 letters: aconitic, cationic, occipita, oiticica, optician, pontific.
	-5 letters: actinia, actinic, captain, caption, faction, fanatic, fiction, incipit, pacific, paction, tapioca.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-f-i-i-i-n-o-p-t"
	+1 letter: caprification, pacifications.
	+2 letters: caprifications.
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