Mollification

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mollification \Mol`li*fi*ca"tion\, n. [LL. mollificatio; cf. F.
     mollification.]
     The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a
     softening. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mollification
       n 1: a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered
       2: 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" [syn: {pacification}]