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propitiatory

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Adjective

intended to reconcile or appease
- sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture

having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation
- expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice

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Synonyms:
propitiative expiatory expiative

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "propitiatory":
prohibitory propitiatory
Words contain "propitiatory" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
propitiatory expiative propitiative expiatory

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