Propitiation vs. Reconciliation — What's the Difference?

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.

The act of reconciling.

The act of propitiating.

The condition of being reconciled.

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

Reconciliation See penance.

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

The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.

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

(accounting) The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.

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

Religious senses.

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.

(Christianity) The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.

The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

(Christianity) The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.

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

Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.

(Roman Catholicism) granted]] by the priest

The process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises that a nation has historically committed against indigenous people.

The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship.

Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony.

The reestablishing of cordial relations

Getting two things to correspond;