Meaning of Propitiation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.
   countable, uncountable
2. The death of Christ as a basis for the forgiveness of sin.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God”

“At the base of the whole process by which divinities and demons were created, and rites for their propitiation and placation established, lay Fear - fear stimulating the imagination to fantastic activity.”

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