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expiatory

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ex⋅pi⋅a⋅to⋅ry

  [ek-spee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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–adjective
able to make atonement or expiation; offered by way of expiation: expiatory sacrifices.
Origin:
1540–50; < LL expiātōrius, equiv. to expiā(re) (see expiate ) + -tōrius -tory 1
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ex·pi·a·tion   (ěk'spē-ā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of expiating; atonement.

  2. A means of expiating.

ex'pi·a·to'ry (-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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