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pacation|pəˈkeɪʃən| [ad. L. pācātiōn-em, n. of action from pāc-āre: see pacate a.] The action of pacifying or tranquillizing; the condition of being peaceful and tranquil; pacification.
1658Phillips, Pacation, a stilling or appeasing. 1730–6Bailey (folio). 1820Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1839) IV. 152 It was this that..prevented the pacation of Ireland. |