pacification

English Thesaurus

1. actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency (noun.act)

hypernym	:	battle, conflict, struggle,
definition	:	an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) (noun.act)

2. the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined (noun.act)

hypernym	:	appeasement, calming,
definition	:	the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) (noun.act)

3. a treaty to cease hostilities (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	accord, pact, treaty,
definition	:	a written agreement between two states or sovereigns (noun.communication)

instance hyponym	:	peace of westphalia,
definition	:	the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648 (noun.communication)

instance hyponym	:	treaty of versailles,
definition	:	the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans (noun.communication)

4. actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency (noun.act)

derivation	:	counterinsurgent,
definition	:	of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency (adj.pert)

5. the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined (noun.act)

derivation	:	mollify, season, temper,
definition	:	make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate (verb.change)

derivation	:	appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate,
definition	:	cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of (verb.emotion)

6. a treaty to cease hostilities (noun.communication)

derivation	:	pacify,
definition	:	fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location) (verb.creation)

7. actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency (noun.act)

derivation	:	counterinsurgent,
definition	:	of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency (adj.pert)

8. the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined (noun.act)

derivation	:	mollify, season, temper,
definition	:	make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate (verb.change)

derivation	:	appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate,
definition	:	cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of (verb.emotion)

9. a treaty to cease hostilities (noun.communication)

derivation	:	pacify,
definition	:	fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location) (verb.creation)