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Meanings of propitiation in English

Portuguese
conciliação
Catalan
apaivagament

The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity.

conciliação
Portuguese
absolvição
Catalan
expiació

The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

absolvição
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Examples for "atonement"
Examples for "atonement"
1
My only hope is atonement; and for now that means finding Tommy.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
2
The incarnation is a pledge and anticipation of the work of atonement.
The Great Doctrines of the Bible
3
The trouble about the atonement is, that it saves the wrong man.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I / Including His Answe...
4
And even if the numbers proved otherwise, I'm not interested in atonement.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
5
But the laws of our country must have their satisfaction and atonement.
Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Jo...
1
I'm afraid this is not a question of regret but of expiation.
Eyes Wide Shut
2
The dream of empire was gone; the day of expiation was begun.
The Grey Cloak
3
Kim said shakily, If expiation is needed, it is mine to seek.
The darkest road
4
This is the movement of the romance, and then comes the expiation.
The Public vs. M. Gustave Flaubert
5
That would be the real expiation, not burying myself in a convent.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me; Being the Story of Mary O'Neill
Usage of propitiation in English
1
Religion rose from rituals of propitiation, spells to lull the punishing elements.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
2
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
3
Perhaps he divined that his lady would not need so much propitiation.
Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories
4
Such is in brief the ceremony of propitiation of the Cholera-Goddess.
By-Ways of Bombay
5
If Dana can affect me the way she is tonight, she deserves propitiation.
The wandering fire
6
We know that the merits of Christ alone are a propitiation for us.
The Apology of the Augsburg Confession
7
There were certain rites to be performed, in propitiation of the Dark Father.
Salem’s Lot
8
They moved about us with a kind of ceremony of propitiation.
1492
9
April could have shaken her, but it seemed wiser to try propitiation instead.
Blue Aloes: Stories of South Africa
10
But, sometimes, Silk noticed the taint of propitiation in their offerings.
Dancer’s Lament
11
For to be true to her, one cannot attempt at propitiation.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 5
12
The mercy-seat covering the ark of the covenant was called propitiation (Exod.
The Great Doctrines of the Bible
13
It matters not where you leave what's left, or even that you make propitiation.
Forge of Darkness
14
All the altar stones were of sapphire, as symbols of the propitiation of sins.
Legends of the Middle Ages / Narrated with Special Reference to ...
15
They were then a part of the ritual of propitiation.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah
16
But he was easy of propitiation, and over a handful of dried raisins communicative.
Gulliver of Mars
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