expiatory

Where, on the other hand, the victim is a fellow tribesman, the sacrifice is expiatory or piacular.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1|Andrew Lang
And, third, Are his sufferings expiatory—the meritorious cause of human salvation?
The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. II (of 2)|Timothy East
He came in one morning, after he had concluded his suspicions were wrong, and made a sort of expiatory call.
Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885|Various
A great expiatory sacrifice succeeded in finally calming him.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879|Various

Piacular, pī-ak′ū-lar, adj. serving to appease, expiatory: requiring expiation: atrociously bad.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

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expiatory

/ (ˈɛkspɪətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

capable of making expiation

given or offered in expiation

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