Definition of PROPITIATORY

propitiatory

Meanings

Adjective

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

Adjective Satellite

  • intended to reconcile or appease
    • "sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture"

Adj

  • Intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory.

Origin / Etymology

From the Latin propitiātōrius (“atoning; reconciling, propitiating”).

Scrabble Score: 19

propitiatory is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
propitiatory is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
propitiatory is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

propitiatory is a valid Words With Friends word