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Pacificatory

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pac·i·fi·ca·tion  (ps-f-kshn)
n.
1. The act of pacifying or the condition of being pacified; appeasement.
2.
a. Reduction, as of a rebellious district, to peaceful submission: "Real pacification is hard to get in the Vietnamese countryside" (McGeorge Bundy).
b. Practical measures or policy aiming to effect this type of submission.
3. often Pacification A peace treaty: the Pacification of Ghent.
pa·cifi·cator (p-sf-ktr) n.
pa·cifi·ca·tory (-k-tôr, -tr) adj.
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