Propitiation
[prəu,piʃi'eiʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of appeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious.
(n.) That which propitiates; atonement or atoning sacrifice; specifically, the influence or effects of the death of Christ in appeasing the divine justice, and conciliating the divine favor.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Conciliation, reconciliation, pacification.[2]. Atonement, expiation, satisfaction, reparation, atoning sacrifice.
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Examples
- Mr Lammle fell back upon propitiation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He carried his head on one side, partly in modest depreciation of himself, partly in modest propitiation of everybody else. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Their minds were haunted by the idea of sin and the need for bloody propitiations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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