Propitiate vs. Expiate — What's the Difference?

Win or regain the favour of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them

Make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing)

To gain or regain the goodwill or favor of; appease

To make amends or reparation for; atone for

(transitive) To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.

To make amends; atone.

(transitive) To make propitious or favourable.

(ambitransitive) To atone or make reparation for.

(intransitive) To make propitiation.

(transitive) To make amends or pay the penalty for.

To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.

To relieve or cleanse of guilt.

To make propitiation; to atone.

(transitive) To purify with sacred rites.

Make peace with

(transitive) To wind up, bring to an end.

To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.

To purify with sacred rites.

Terminated.

Make amends for;