| Pacify (v. t.) To appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity. Thesaurus Entries allay, alleviate, appease, arrange, array, assuage, calm, calm down, cease, compose, conciliate, cool, cool off, cradle, defuse, deploy, die down, dispose, dulcify, dwindle, ease, ebb, even out, form, gentle, grade, halt, harmonize, hierarchize, hush, lay, lay out, lay the dust, line up, lull, marshal, methodize, mitigate, moderate, molder, mollify, normalize, order, organize, placate, pour balm into, pour balm on, propitiate, qualify, quell, quiesce, quiet, quieten, rank, regularize, regulate, relieve, rest, rock, rock to sleep, routinize, set up, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smoothen, soften, soothe, stabilize, standardize, steady, still, stop, structure, subdue, subside, sweeten, systematize, temper, tranquilize, wane |