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expiatory
adj. atoning, serving to make amends

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Propitiation
Propitiation (from Latin propitiare, "to appease;" from propitius, "gracious") is the act of appeasing or making well-disposed a deity, thus incurring divine favor or avoiding divine retribution.

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expiatory

Adjective
1. having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
(synonym) expiative, propitiatory
(pertainym) expiation, atonement, propitiation


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Expiatory
(a.)
Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.
  

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expiatory
adj.
تکفير کنندہ, اتارے کي, صدقے کي, پراشچت کا