Definition of propitiation
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: the act of gaining or regaining the favor or goodwill of someone or something : the act of propitiating : appeasement
a sacrifice in propitiation of the gods … she showed every possible desire to conciliate him, and there was an air of humble propitiation in all she did, such as I have seen pervade the bearing of a child towards a hard master.— Charles Dickens
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The first known use of propitiation was in the 15th century
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