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Appeasement vs Expiation - What's the difference?

appeasement | expiation | Related terms |

Appeasement is a related term of expiation.


As nouns the difference between appeasement and expiation

is that appeasement is the state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace while expiation is an act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.

appeasement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.
  • * 1941: , White House Correspondents' Dinner
    • This decision is the end of any attempts at appeasement in our land; the end of urging us to get along with the dictators, the end of compromise and the forces of oppression.

    Related terms

    () * appease * appeaser

    expiation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
  • (obsolete) The act of expiating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.
  • * Daniel
    • This ravenous expiation of the state.

    Synonyms

    * atonement, propitiation

    Related terms

    * expiate