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
that by which God is rendered propitious, i e , by which it becomes consistent with his character and government to pardon and bless the sinner The propitiation does not procure his love or make him loving; it only renders it consistent for him to execise his love towards sinners
The act of appeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious
(literal: "causing one who has been justly hostile to another to become favorable via a payment ")