Dictionary

propitiation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.
   • 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:
   • 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 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 3:25:
2. (countable, uncountable) The death of Christ as a basis for the forgiveness of sin.

Forms

Coordinates

indemnification · atonement · piation · expiation · piation · refaction · compensation · propitiation · assyth · expiation · redress

Translations (20)

grc ἵλασμα (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · fr expier (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · ru умиротворе́ние (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · el εξευμένιση (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · ca propiciació (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · es propiciación (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · pt propiciação (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · grc ἱλασμός (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · fr propitiation (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · ro ispășire (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · ro ispăși (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · el κατευνασμός (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · ee avulenu (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · bg умилостяване (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · cs usmíření (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · ru умилостивле́ние (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · la propitiātiō (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · pl przebłagiwanie (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · cs smiřování (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) · cs smíření (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation)