In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
PACIFICATION
pacification, counterinsurgency
(noun) actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
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”
peace, peace treaty, pacification
(noun) a treaty to cease hostilities; “peace came on November 11th”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pacification (countable and uncountable, plural pacifications)
The process of pacifying.
Source: Wiktionary
Pa*cif`i*ca"tion, n. [L. pacificatio: cf. F. pacification. See Pacify.]
Definition: The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. "An embassy of pacification." Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ABOUND
(verb) be in a state of movement or action; “The room abounded with screaming children”; “The garden bristled with toddlers”
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