Propitiatory

//pɹəʊˈpɪʃɪətəɹɪ// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory.

    "Hecatombs were early substituted for single victims; and, to render the worship still more propitiatory, these were soon exchanged for human sacrifices."

Adjective
  1. 1
    intended to reconcile or appease wordnet
  2. 2
    having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation wordnet

Synonyms

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expiatorypropitiativeacquiescentapologeticappeasingascetic

Example

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"Hecatombs were early substituted for single victims; and, to render the worship still more propitiatory, these were soon exchanged for human sacrifices."

Etymology

From the Latin propitiātōrius (“atoning; reconciling, propitiating”).

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