expiativeadj.
/ˈɛkspɪeɪtɪv/ rare.
Tending or adapted to expiate.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [adjective]
satisfactoryc1443
expiatory1548
satisfactorious1561
amendsful1605
piacular1606
atoning1609
expiative1641
ilastical1649
expiatorious1651
satisfactional1681
lustratory1738
piaculous1780
expiating1793
satisfactive1829
expiational1874
lustrative1875
piaculative1919
1641 R. Baillie Parallel Compar. Liturgie with Masse-bk. 92 An expiative Purgatorie wherein by the prayers of the living the sinnes of the dead are put away.
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