Synonyms of propitiation

propitiation

noun

as in sacrifice

something offered to atone

She made an offering as propitiation for her sins.

Related Words

• sacrifice
• offering
• victim
• immolation
• oblation
• libation
• contribution
• holocaust
• donation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of propitiation

Rulers couldn’t control the volume of water arriving from thousands of miles upstream but instead relied on a mixture of propitiation of the gods, informed predictions, and blind hope. — Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025

The coming propitiation looms large — an angel of mercy hovering over this melodrama, even at its most melodramatic. — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 11 July 2023

Slavery was upheld in our original Constitution, as a propitiation between Southern states—where the economy thrummed on the backs of human chattel—and the states that had either no use for slavery or were considering its abolition. — Rich Logis, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2023

Many customs and beliefs, rooted in ancient practices of affecting reality and averting danger by acts of propitiation and protection, are being reinvented—including wayside shrines on the sites of fatal accidents. — Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 2 July 2020

The scapegoat, as defined in the Book of Leviticus, is a propitiation. — Sarah Jones, New Republic, 16 Feb. 2018