Propitiation

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Propitiation \Pro*pi`ti*a"tion\, n. [L. propitiatio: cf. F.
     propitiation.]
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     1. The act of appeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor
        of an offended person; the act of making propitious.
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     2. (Theol.) That which propitiates; atonement or atoning
        sacrifice; specifically, the influence or effects of the
        death of Christ in appeasing the divine justice, and
        conciliating the divine favor.
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              He [Jesus Christ] is the propitiation for our sins.
                                                    --1 John ii.
                                                    2.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  propitiation
       n 1: the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
            [syn: {placation}, {conciliation}]
       2: the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially
          appeasing a deity) [syn: {expiation}, {atonement}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "propitiation":
     United Nations troops, amends, appeasement, atonement, calming,
     compensation, composition, compromise, conciliation, detente,
     dulcification, easing of relations, expiation, expiatory offering,
     indemnification, indemnity, making amends, making good,
     making right, making up, mediation, mollification, pacification,
     peace offering, peace-keeping force, peacemaking, peacemongering,
     piaculum, placability, placation, quittance, reclamation,
     recompense, redemption, redress, relaxation of tension, reparation,
     restitution, satisfaction, soothing, squaring, tranquilization
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Propitiation
     that by which God is rendered propitious, i.e., by which it
     becomes consistent with his character and government to pardon
     and bless the sinner. The propitiation does not procure his love
     or make him loving; it only renders it consistent for him to
     execise his love towards sinners.
     
       In Rom. 3:25 and Heb. 9:5 (A.V., "mercy-seat") the Greek word
     _hilasterion_ is used. It is the word employed by the LXX.
     translators in Ex. 25:17 and elsewhere as the equivalent for the
     Hebrew _kapporeth_, which means "covering," and is used of the
     lid of the ark of the covenant (Ex. 25:21; 30:6). This Greek
     word (hilasterion) came to denote not only the mercy-seat or lid
     of the ark, but also propitation or reconciliation by blood. On
     the great day of atonement the high priest carried the blood of
     the sacrifice he offered for all the people within the veil and
     sprinkled with it the "mercy-seat," and so made propitiation.
     
       In 1 John 2:2; 4:10, Christ is called the "propitiation for
     our sins." Here a different Greek word is used (hilasmos).
     Christ is "the propitiation," because by his becoming our
     substitute and assuming our obligations he expiated our guilt,
     covered it, by the vicarious punishment which he endured. (Comp.
     Heb. 2:17, where the expression "make reconciliation" of the
     A.V. is more correctly in the R.V. "make propitiation.")