Definitions:

1. In political or military sense, refers to efforts to quell uprisings, insurgencies, or rebellions, usually through a combination of military force and negotiations. NOUN
   • The government's pacification efforts in the war-torn region involved both military action and peace talks.
2. The act of making something peaceful or calming down a volatile situation. NOUN
   • The teacher's quick intervention led to the pacification of the heated debate among the students.
3. Used historically in colonization contexts to describe the process by which colonial powers sought to suppress indigenous resistance through force. NOUN
   • The conquest and pacification of indigenous territories often involved violence and exploitation.

Synonyms:

• Appeasement
• mollification
• peace
• peace treaty
• placation
• truce