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expiative

expiative adjective: that serves to expiate.

Adjective

expiative (comparative more expiative, superlative most expiative)

  1. That serves to expiate.
    • Studies on behavioral aspects of altruism connect it with guilt, resulting in either expiative or reparative consequences (Krebs 1970).2012, W. W. Meissner, Ethical Dimension of Psychoanalysis, The: A Dialogue

Forms of expiative

comparativemore expiative
superlativemost expiative

Questions about expiative

What does expiative mean?
Expiative means that serves to expiate.
What part of speech is expiative?
Expiative is an adjective.

Words near expiative in the dictionary

  1. expiateth
  2. expiating
  3. expiation
  4. expiational
  5. expiations
  6. expiative
  7. expiator
  8. expiators
  9. expiatory
  10. expidite
  11. expidited

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