propitiate [verb]

The ancient Greeks offered sacrifices to propitiate the gods and prevent natural disasters.

The company tried to propitiate angry customers by offering refunds.

The diplomat worked tirelessly to propitiate the offended ambassador.

To propitiate the angry boss, the employee worked overtime without complaint.

The child tried to propitiate the crying baby with a rattle.

The politician made promises to propitiate the voters before the election.

The company offered a discount to propitiate the customer who had received a damaged product.

The apology was an attempt to propitiate the offended friend.

The couple bought flowers to propitiate their angry neighbor.

The student tried to propitiate the strict professor with extra credit work.

The company offered a raise to propitiate the disgruntled employee.

The guilty party brought a gift to propitiate the wronged person.

The priest performed a ritual to propitiate the angry gods.

The couple planned a surprise party to propitiate their anniversary.

The child promised to be good to propitiate the angry parent.

The company launched a public relations campaign to propitiate the community.

The couple offered counseling to propitiate their troubled marriage.

The diplomat delivered a heartfelt apology to propitiate the offended nation.

The company issued a recall to propitiate customers concerned about product safety.

The child offered to help with chores to propitiate the busy parent.

The couple planned a romantic getaway to propitiate their relationship.

The company donated to charity to propitiate the community's concerns.

The student volunteered for extra duties to propitiate the demanding teacher.

The guilty party offered to pay for damages to propitiate the victim.

The couple surprised their partner with a gift to propitiate a forgotten anniversary.

I told him I did, and it was because I did and meant to do so to the last, that I would not stoop to propitiate any of them.

Not in a spirit of contrition, in a way to propitiate his scandalised fellow-citizens.

She tried to propitiate the General after her usual manner towards him.

If 'Tildy thought to propitiate Uncle Remus, she was mistaken.

Yet the Brahman needed the Sudra, and had to propitiate him in order to use him.

“Your God must be hard to propitiate,” said the young Jewess.

Do not suppose that I make this confession of my folly to you in order to propitiate the Deity.

For the rest, I trust to myself to propitiate the kindly and to silence the calumnious.

What pathos in that word compared with the fate which it failed to propitiate!

Probably he was anxious to propitiate her with regard to whatever Bertha might be writing about.