to appease; to conciliate; (propitious means auspicious, favorable.) to appease; to conciliate to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate. win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them. to soothe bad feelings; to appease; to regain friendship or good will to appease or pacify to soothe or satisfy; to appease to placate or appease. ***Definition of Propitiate to make things right by doing something that is requested win or regain the favour of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them. \\"the pagans thought it was important to propitiate the gods with sacrifices\\". ***synonyms: appease, placate, mollify, pacify, make peace with, conciliate, make amends to, soothe, calm, humour, win over, satisfy; à¦ªà§à¦°à¦¸à¦¨à§à¦¨ à¦à¦°à¦¾à¦¨ propitiate à¦à¦¨à§à¦à§à¦² à¦à¦°à¦¾à¦¨ propitiate à¦¶à¦¾à¦¨à§à¦¤ à¦à¦°à¦¾ calm, cradle, quiet, soothe, placate, propitiate à¦à¦¨à§à¦à§à¦² adaptable, amenable, congenial, Fair, Favourable, propitiate. to placate or appease. The two sons, plying their angry father with cheesy neckties for Christmas, were hardly able to propitiate him -- the father already had a drawer full of ones he had never worn before or ever planned to Definition of Propitiate to make things right by doing something that is requested Examples of Propitiate in a sentence Only an idiot believes he can propitiate his way into heaven by giving the church all of his money. To propitiate my dying mother and earn her forgiveness, I promised to look after my sisters forever. After Bill forgot his wife\\'s birthday, he tried to propitiate the situation by purchasing her the pearl necklace she always wanted. People would often sacrifice their friends and family members to propitiate the gods in order to be pardoned for their misdeeds. By doing his community service without incident, Harry hoped to quickly propitiate his sentence