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Expiation vs. Propitiation — What's the Difference?

Expiation vs. Propitiation — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Expiation and Propitiation

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Expiation

The act of expiating; atonement.

Propitiation

Propitiation is the act of appeasing or making well-disposed a deity, thus incurring divine favor or avoiding divine retribution. While some use the term interchangeably with expiation, others draw a sharp distinction between the two.

Expiation

A means of expiating.

Propitiation

The act of propitiating.

Expiation

An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
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Propitiation

Something that propitiates, especially a conciliatory offering to a god.

Expiation

(obsolete) The act of expiating or stripping off.

Propitiation

The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but with the added concept of appeasement of anger.

Expiation

The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.
His liberality seemed to have something in it of self-abasement and expiation.

Propitiation

(theology) The death of Christ as a basis for the forgiveness of sin.

Expiation

The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.
Those shadowy expiations weak,The blood of bulls and goats.

Propitiation

The act of appeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious.

Expiation

An act by which the threats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.

Propitiation

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.
He [Jesus Christ] is the propitiation for our sins.

Expiation

Compensation for a wrong;
We were unable to get satisfaction from the local store

Propitiation

The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

Expiation

The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

Propitiation

The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

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