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propitiate

verb as in conciliate

verb as in pacify

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Example Sentences

Before he was reinstated, the Anderson School’s Faculty Executive Committee tried to propitiate the mob by announcing itself “saddened” by Klein’s “troubling conduct.”

Presently it struck him that he had better do something to propitiate a man who could send him to encounter such a fate.

The oldest of all the rites of the ancient pagans was in the form of sacrifice, to propitiate the deity.

She tried to propitiate the General after her usual manner towards him.

To propitiate them, presents are made—the last things that can well be parted with.

Her box was a present from Makaraig, who had already got on good terms with her in order to propitiate Don Custodio.

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On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to propitiate, such as: appease, assuage, atone, mollify, pacify, and placate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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