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propitiate

verb

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To win favor or reduce anger by a conciliatory act.

The gift was intended to propitiate the offended patron.
Dictionary practice example.
The character sought to propitiate the imagined spirit with an offering.
From Vocabulary Studio 51: Probity to propitiate.
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