Propitiate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard
/prəˈpɪʃ.i.eɪt/ (verb)
Definition
to win someone’s favor, please and placate a person, mollify, make peace with, pacify, appease, calm, soothe, assuage, conciliate
Example
‘Propitiation’ has the idea of appeasing the wrath of God. Leaving aside the finer aspects of the Greek, let’s look at the English word itself. Webster’s English Dictionary (1828) defines the word as: 1. ‘The act of appeasing wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious. 2. In theology, the atonement or atoning sacrifice offered to God to assuage his wrath and render him propitious to sinners.
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Propitiation is the act of appeasing or making well-disposed a deity, thus incurring divine favor or avoiding divine retribution. While some use the term interchangeably with expiation, others draw a sharp distinction between the two.
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Antonyms
aggravate, exasperate, annoy, vex
Parts of speech
Noun: propitiation
Noun: propitiator
Adjective: propitiatory
Adjective: propitiative
Adjective: propitiable
