propitiates
Wins favor back
Propitiates means appeases or wins the favor of someone who is angry, offended, or potentially threatening.
The word often applies to gods, spirits, or powerful figures: The villagers offered sacrifices to propitiate the volcano god.
More broadly, to propitiate is to make peace with any hostile force: She brought flowers to propitiate her furious mother-in-law.
placates
Calms someone's anger
conciliates · assuages · calms · appeases · reconciles · disarms · softens · eases · satisfies · quells
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
ceremony · incense · prayer · invocation · atonement · expiation · oblation · votive · shrine · temple
propitiatesprovokes
Incites a reaction
antagonizes · angers · enrages · infuriates · incenses
propitiatesdefies
Openly resists or challenges
resists · opposes · challenges · confronts · stands up to
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