pacification
noun
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- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants
Types & categories
- appeasement hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a treaty to cease hostilities
peace came on November 11th
Types & categories
- treaty hypernym
- Peace of Westphalia instance hyponym
- Treaty of Versailles instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- pacify derivation
Sense 3 noun
actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
Types & categories
- conflict hypernym
Related & opposite
- counterinsurgent derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mollify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assuage |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | appeasement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pacify |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | treaty |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Peace of Westphalia |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Treaty of Versailles |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | counterinsurgent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | conflict |