51Թ

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expiable

[ ek-spee-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being expiated:

    an expiable crime.



ˈ辱

/ ˈɛɪəə /

adjective

  1. capable of being expiated or atoned for
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ԴDz·p·· adjective
  • ܲ·p·· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of expiable1

1560–70; < Late Latin 辱, equivalent to ( 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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