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expiable

[ ek-spee-uh-buh l ]
/ ˈɛk spi ə bəl /
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adjective

capable of being expiated: an expiable crime.

RELATED WORDS

propitiatory, conciliatory, lustral, purgatorial, conciliative

Nearby words

  1. expertise,
  2. expertism,
  3. expertize,
  4. expertly,
  5. experto crede,
  6. expiate,
  7. expiation,
  8. expiatory,
  9. expiration,
  10. expiration date

Origin of expiable

1560–70; < Late Latin expiābilis, equivalent to expiā(re) to expiate + -bilis -ble
Related formsnon·ex·pi·a·ble, adjectiveun·ex·pi·a·ble, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for expiable

expiable

/ (ˈɛkspɪəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being expiated or atoned for
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