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expiable

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ex⋅pi⋅a⋅ble

[ek-spee-uh-buhl]
–adjective
capable of being expiated: an expiable crime.

Origin:
1560–70; < LL expiābilis, equiv. to expiā(re) to expiate + -bilis -ble
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ex·pi·a·ble   (ěk'spē-ə-bəl)   
adj.  Possible to expiate: expiable offenses.
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