propitiation
propitiation noun: the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.
Noun
propitiation (countable and uncountable, plural propitiations)
- The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.
- 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 God1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 3:25
- 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.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 13
- The death of Christ as a basis for the forgiveness of sin.
propitiation meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Sanskrit
propitiation in Hindi
- propitiation
- आराधना ārādhnā
propitiation in Bengali
- propitiation
- সন্তোষ śontōś
propitiation in Malayalam
- അനുനയിപ്പിക്കൽ, സാന്ത്വനിപ്പിക്കൽ, പരിഹാരം, പ്രസാദിപ്പിക്കൽ
propitiation in Sanskrit
- propitiation, worship, adoration
- साधन sā́dhana
- propitiation, gratifying
- उपन्यास upanyāsa
Forms of propitiation
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Origin of propitiation
From Middle English propiciacion, propiciacioun, from Anglo-Norman propiciatiun, Middle French propiciation, propitiation, and their etymon Latin propitiātiō (stem propitiātiōn-). By surface analysis, propitiate + -ion.
Questions about propitiation
- What does propitiation mean?
- Propitiation means the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.
- What is propitiation in Hindi?
- Propitiation in Hindi is आराधना (ārādhnā). See Propitiation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is propitiation?
- Propitiation is a noun.
- What is the plural of propitiation?
- The plural of propitiation is propitiations.
Words near propitiation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: propitiation (page history and authors); आराधना (Hindi) (page history and authors); সন্তোষ (Bengali) (page history and authors); propitiation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उपन्यास (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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