Definition of "propitiatory"
propitiatory
/pɹəʊˈpɪʃɪətəɹɪ/
adjective
comparative more propitiatory, superlative most propitiatory
Intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory.
Quotations
The weak branded those they feared evil, and praised the ‘propitiatory’ qualities natural to men like themselves who were incapable of aggression. […] Those who cultivate humility and the other propitiatory virtues to cloak their weakness nourish an envious resentment against those stronger than themselves.
1978, Philippa Foot, “Nietzsche: The Revaluation of Values”, in Virtues and Vices and Other Essays in Moral Philosophy, University of California Press, published 1981, page 82