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expiable

[ ek-spee-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being expiated:

    an expiable crime.



ˈ±ð³æ±è¾±²¹²ú±ô±ð

/ ˈɛ°ì²õ±èɪə²úÉ™±ô /

adjective

  1. capable of being expiated or atoned for
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·±ð³æp¾±Â·²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·±ð³æp¾±Â·²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of expiable1

1560–70; < Late Latin ±ð³æ±è¾±Äå²ú¾±±ô¾±²õ, equivalent to ±ð³æ±è¾±Äå ( re ) to expiate + -bilis -ble
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Homicide was not the only crime thus expiable: blood-money could be exacted for all crimes of violence.

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The murder of a man not consanguineous, even though he be the husband of the murderess, is expiable, does not concern the Erinyes; it is only their duty to prosecute the murder of consanguineous relatives.

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Missing silver spoons and cooked petty cash were trivialities usually expiable at the price of a boot-assisted dismissal; but this—!

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