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Expiatory

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Adjective

1. expiative, expiatory, propitiatory

having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation

Example Sentences:
'expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice'

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Expiatory

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adjective
1. 
capable of making expiation
2. 
given or offered in expiation

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Expiatory

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adjective
that expiates or is meant to expiate

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Expiatory

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n.
1. The act of expiating; atonement.
2. A means of expiating.

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