pacification

Roget category 723

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.4. Antagonism
›› 5.4.2. Active antagonism

#723. Pacification

noun

pacification, conciliation — reconciliation, reconcilement — shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment — terms, compromise — amnesty, deed of release.
peace offering — olive branch — calumet of peace, preliminaries of peace.
truce, armistice — suspension of arms, suspension of hostilities, stand-down — breathing time — convention — modus vivendi [Lat.] — flag of truce, white flag, parlementaire [Fr.], cartel^†.
hollow truce, pax in bello [Lat.] — drawn battle.

verb

pacify, tranquilize, compose — allay etc. (moderate) 174 — reconcile, propitiate, placate, conciliate, meet halfway, hold out the olive branch, heal the breach, make peace, restore harmony, bring to terms.
settle matters, arrange matters, accommodate matters, accommodate differences — set straight — make up a quarrel, tantas componere lites [Lat.] — come to an understanding, come to terms — bridge over, hush up — make it, make matters up — shake hands — mend one's fences [U.S.].
raise a siege, lift a siege — put up the sword, sheathe the sword — bury the hatchet, lay down one's arms, turn swords into plowshares — smoke the calumet of peace, close the temple of Janus — keep the peace etc. (concord) 714 — be pacified &c. — come round.

adjective

conciliatory — composing etc. v. — pacified etc. v..

phrase

requiescat in pace [Lat.].

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