propitiate

Verb

Meaning

To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.

To make propitiation; to atone.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

appease gladden still sate gratify content satisfy quiet silence calm comfort compose gentle please reconcile
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Antonyms

madden chevy miff vex nettle daunt
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Hypernyms

settle reconcile make-up conciliate patch up

Related terms

propitiation propitious

Derivatives

propitiated propitiating

Examples

A man could fight bullets and bayonets, even rockets if he understood the weapon, but no man understood the invisible enemies. Sharpe wished he knew how to propitiate Fate, the soldiers' Goddess, but She was a capricious deity, without loyalty. Bernard Cornwell

Although he had some trouble with the peasantry, the lands and treasures of the church enabled him to propitiate the nobles and for a time to provide for the expenses of the court. Source: Internet

"Great Britain would have preferred to overthrow Nasser; America, however uncomfortable with the ' Czech arms deal ', thought it wiser to propitiate him." Source: Internet

The blood from all chthonic sacrifices including those to propitiate Hades dripped into a pit or cleft in the ground. Source: Internet

Ritual offerings are made during the different stages of rice production to propitiate the Rice Goddess in the corresponding cultures. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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