propitiate Definition
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propitiate
verb
- propitiated, propitiating
1. To appease or placate (an angry or insulted person or god).
- Thesaurus: soothe, placate, pacify, conciliate, appease, satisfy, reconcile, mollify; Antonym: anger, provoke.
adj
noun
- The act or an instance of appeasing or placating
- Thesaurus: appeasement, peacemaking, pacification, pacifying, conciliation, placation, reconciliation, mollification; Antonym: angering, provocation.
noun
adj
- Serving to appease or placate
- Thesaurus: appeasing, assuaging, placative, soothing, reconciliatory, conciliatory, mollifying, pacifying, peacemaking, pacificatory, placatory, propitiative; Antonym: provocative.
