[f. next + -ATION.] The action of tranquillizing.
1793. Vermont Gaz., 31 May, 2/2. To the farther tranquilization of the public at home and abroad, every one who believes to have, or may hereafter obtain any knowledge or information of similar associations, meetings, or clubs, is hereby summoned to give information thereof.
1797. W. Taylor, in Monthly Mag., IV. 335. The conquest of Jerusalem, once accomplished, it would be natural for the Assyrian court to foster its tranquillization.
1824. Waterford Mirror, 5 June, 4/3. Do you not think that the consequence of the re-commencement of industrious habits will be the tranquillization of the country?
1850. Ht. Martineau, Hist. Peace, II. V. v. 256. How confidently did they … conclude that the tranquillization of Ireland was achieved!
1868. Bright, Sp. Ireland, 14 March (1878), 208. I was satisfied that was not the path of tranquillisation.
