Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pacification \Pa*cif`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. pacificatio: cf. F.
   pacification. See {Pacify}.]
   The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between
   parties at variance; reconciliation. ``An embassy of
   pacification.'' --Bacon.

Source : WordNet®

pacification
     n 1: the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more
          favorably inclined; "a wonderful skill in the
          pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful
          mollification of the mob" [syn: {mollification}]
     2: a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th"
        [syn: {peace}, {peace treaty}]
     3: actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency [syn: {counterinsurgency}]