propitiatory

1. 1.

   having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation

   “expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice”

   Synonymsexpiatoryexpiative
2. 2.

   intended to reconcile or appease

   “sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture”

   Synonymspropitiative

   Similarconciliatory

Questions about propitiatory

What does propitiatory mean?

propitiatory means "having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in propitiatory?

propitiatory has 6 syllables: pro-pi-ti-a-to-ry. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for propitiatory?

Close synonyms include expiatory, expiative, propitiative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is propitiatory a common word?

propitiatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.