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pacification
noun as in disarmament
noun as in nonviolence
noun as in peace
Example Sentences
“We have to move forward little by little until we achieve the pacification of the entire country,” says Senator Salagado.
The far-right leader said in a speech that he seeks “pacification to erase the past,” taking a more conciliatory tone than when he was in office.
It looks very much as if the government has made a coordinated effort to send out a message of appeasement and pacification.
As American involvement in Vietnam deepened, he went to Saigon in 1965 to evaluate civilian pacification programs.
In Kimel’s conclusion, “If not for Selznick’s choices to err on the side of white pacification, he could have altered the course of one of the most celebrated — and disgraced — movies ever made.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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