propitiation

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noun

Plural noun:

propitiations

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

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From Middle English propiciacion,propiciacioun, from propiciatiun, Middle French propiciation,propitiation, and their etymon Latin propitiātiō (stem propitiātiōn-). en propitiate ion.