expiable

[ek-spee-uh-buh l]

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adjective

capable of being expiated: an expiable crime.

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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Related Words for expiable

propitiatory, conciliatory, lustral, purgatorial, conciliative, expiable

British Dictionary definitions for expiable

expiable

adjective

capable of being expiated or atoned for

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