EXPIATORY

expiatory, expiative, propitiatory

(adjective) having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; “expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

expiatory (comparative more expiatory, superlative most expiatory)

Of or pertaining to expiation.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex"pi*a*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. expiatorius: cf. F. expiatoire.]

Definition: Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ERASE

(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”


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