libation

Meaning

1. The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.
2. The wine or liquid thus poured out.
3. A beverage, especially an alcoholic one.

Synonyms

offering

expiation

penance

propitiation

tribute

reparation

refreshment

sacrifice

wine drinking

toast

refection

rite to the spirits of Brahmin

refresher

Pronounced as (IPA)

/laɪˈbeɪʃən/

Etymology

From Latin lībātiō, from lībāre (“to take a little from anything, to taste, to pour out as an offering”).