pacification, mollification
(noun) the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined; “a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants”; “his unsuccessful mollification of the mob”
mollification
(noun) a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mollification (countable and uncountable, plural mollifications)
The act of mollifying.
Source: Wiktionary
Mol`li*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [LL. mollificatio; cf. F. mollification.]
Definition: The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
