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View synonyms for expiable
expiable
[ ek-spee-uh-buhl ]
adjective
- capable of being expiated:
an expiable crime.
ˈexpiable
/ ˈɛkspɪəbəl /
adjective
- capable of being expiated or atoned for
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- non·expi·a·ble adjective
- un·expi·a·ble adjective
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Homicide was not the only crime thus expiable: blood-money could be exacted for all crimes of violence.
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