propitiate – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
propitiate
v.
appease; gain the good will of; atone for
Propitiation
Propitiation (from
Latin propitiare, "to appease;" from
propitius, "gracious") is the act of appeasing or making well-disposed a
deity, thus incurring divine favor or avoiding
divine retribution.
propitiate
Verb
1. make peace with
(synonym) appease
(hypernym) reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
(derivation) placation, conciliation, propitiation
Propitiate
(v. t.)
To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.
(v. i.)
To make propitiation; to atone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
propitiate
Synonyms and related words:
adapt, adjust, allay, appease, assuage, atone, atone for, calm, compensate, conciliate, conform, content, cool, defuse, dulcify, expiate, give satisfaction, immolate before, intercede, lay, lay the dust, live down, make amends, make compensation, make good, make matters up, make propitiation, make reparation, make right, make sacrifice to, make up for, mediate, mollify, offer sacrifice, pacify, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, placate, pour balm on, recompense, reconcile, redeem, redress, repair, sacrifice, satisfy, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, soothe, square it, square things, sweeten, tranquilize
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
