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propitiation
 
Noun propitiation has 2 senses
  1. placation, conciliation, propitiation - the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
    --1 is a kind of appeasement, calming
    Derived form: verb propitiate1
  2. expiation, atonement, propitiation - the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
    --2 is a kind of redemption, salvation
    --2 has particulars: reparation, amends
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