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inexpiable

[in-eks-pee-uh-buhl]

adjective

not to be expiated; not allowing for expiation or atonement: an inexpiable crime.

Obsolete. implacable: inexpiable hate.

Origin:
1560–70; < Latin inexpiābilis. See in-³, expiable

Related forms

in·ex·pi·a·ble·ness, noun

in·ex·pi·a·bly, adverb

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inexpiable (ɪnˈɛkspɪəb^əl)

—*adj*
1.	incapable of being expiated; unpardonable
2.	archaic implacable

in'expiableness

—n

in'expiably

—*adv*

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