Adjective
- 1. expiatory, expiative, propitiatory
- usage: having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
- 2. propitiative, propitiatory, conciliatory (vs. antagonistic), conciliative
- usage: intended to reconcile or appease; "sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture"
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