expiable
[ ek-spee-uh-buhl ]
/ ˈɛk spi ə bəl /
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adjective
capable of being expiated: an expiable crime.
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Homicide was not the only crime thus expiable: blood-money could be exacted for all crimes of violence.
British Dictionary definitions for expiable
expiable
/ (ˈɛkspɪəbəl) /
adjective
capable of being expiated or atoned for
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