noun (n)

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

  Example:
  A wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants.
  

  Synonym:
  mollification
  

  source: wordnet30
• a treaty to cease hostilities(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  peace, peace treaty
  

  source: wordnet30
• actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  counterinsurgency
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.(noun)

  source: webster1913