pacification

[puh-sif-i-keyt]

pa·cif·i·cate

[puh-sif-i-keyt]
verb (used with object), pa·cif·i·cat·ed, pa·cif·i·cat·ing.
to pacify.

Origin:
1640–50; < Latin pācificātus (past participle of pācificāre to make peace). See pacify, -ate1

pac·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
pa·cif·i·ca·tor, noun
pa·cif·i·ca·to·ry [puh-sif-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
non·pac·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
non·pa·cif·i·ca·to·ry, adjective
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Pacification is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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pacification (ˌpæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən)
 
n
the act, process, or policy of pacifying
 
pacificatory
 
adj

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