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propitiatory
[pruh-pish-ee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] 
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apologetic
[uh-pol-uh-jet-ik]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expressing remorse, regret |
| Synonyms: | atoning, attritional, compunctious, conciliatory, contrite, expiatory, explanatory, on one's knees, penitent, penitential, propitiatory, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, self-effacing, self-incriminating, sorry, supplicating |
| Antonyms: | defiant, defying |
| Main Entry: | expiatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | purgative |
| Synonyms: | atonable, atoneable, conciliative, conciliatory, expiable, expiative, lustral, lustrative, propitiative, propitiatory, purgatorial, purificatory, purifying |
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