单词 | pacation |
释义 | pacationn. Now rare. The action of pacifying or calming a person or thing; pacification, appeasement; the condition of being peaceful. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [noun] peasingc1300 appeasement1430 pacification1437 peacemakinga1450 pacifying1474 appeasingc1522 composing1574 pacation1658 peacemongering1853 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > appeasing, pacifying, or propitiating likingeOE queemingeOE mitigationa1382 pleasinga1382 propitiationa1425 appeasement1430 pacification1437 appeasingc1522 reconcilement1581 placation1589 reflection1607 modificationa1641 commodation1643 pacation1658 conciliation1775 making-up1816 mollification1886 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Pacation, a stilling or appeasing. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (at cited word) An appeasing, pacifying, or assuaging. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1839) IV. 152 It was this that..prevented the pacation of Ireland. 1912 R. R. Marett Anthropology vii. 192 In place of a life for a life, compensation—‘Pacation,’ as it is technically termed comes to be recognized as a reasonable quid pro quo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658 |
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