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propitiation

noun as in atonement

noun as in conciliation

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Example Sentences

“But she completely devolves to where she goes into weakness and propitiation around the girls, and it’s strange where she ends up. I didn’t see it coming.”

But God became for him more than a divine wrath craving propitiation.

At the moment, the party is awkwardly split between disgust for Trump and propitiation of him.

The ideal is a lone figure, kneeling in solemn propitiation, with no sight of rival film crews, or of selfie sticks, or anything else that brings self-consciousness or artifice to the scene.

“They’re really very good, you know,” he added, with a rather nervous smile of propitiation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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