Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section IV. Antagonism
2. Active Antagonism

723. Pacification.

   NOUN:PACIFICATION, conciliation; reconciliation, reconcilement, shaking of hands, calumet, peace pipe; accommodation, arrangement, adjustment; terms, compromise; amnesty, deed of release.
  PEACE OFFERING; olive branch; calumet, – of peace; overture, preliminaries of peace.
  TRUCE, armistice; suspension of -arms, – hostilities; truce of God; breathing time; convention; modus vivendi [L.]; flag of truce, white flag, parlementaire [F.], cartel.
  hollow truce, pax in bello [L.]; drawn battle.
   VERB:PACIFY, tranquillize, compose; allay (moderate) [See Moderation]; reconcile, propitiate, placate, conciliate, meet halfway, hold out the olive branch, heal the breach, make peace, restore harmony, bring to terms.
  MAKE UP A QUARREL; settle -, arrange -, accommodate- -matters, – differences; set straight; tantas componere lites [L.]; come to -an understanding, – terms; bridge over, hush up; make it up, make matters up; shake hands; mend one’s fences [U. S.].
  raise a siege; put up -, sheathe- the sword; bury the hatchet, lay down one’s arms, turn swords into plowshares; smoke the calumet, close the temple of Janus; keep the peace (concord) [See Concord]; be pacified &c.; come round.
   ADJECTIVE:CONCILIATORY, pacificatory; composing &c. v.; pacified &c. v.; accommodative.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. Requiescat in pace.
2. To see great Hector in his weeds of peace.—Troilus and Cressida
3. Health, peace, and many a bloodless year To fight his battles o’er.—Holmes