expiative
Definition
- Adjective:
- Having the power to atone for something: Describes something that can make amends for a wrong or a sin.
- Offered as a means of expiation or propitiation: Describes an action or offering intended to appease or seek forgiveness.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The priest performed an expiative ritual to cleanse the community.
- He saw his charitable work as an expiative act for his past mistakes.
Advanced Usage
- The term is formal and is most commonly used in religious, moral, or literary contexts to describe acts of atonement.
- It often modifies nouns like , , , , or .
Variants and Related Words
- Expiatory (adj): A more common synonym with identical meaning.
- He made an expiatory offering.
- Expiate (v): To atone for; to make amends for.
- He sought to expiate his guilt.
- Expiation (n): The act of making amends or atonement.
- She demanded expiation for the insult.
Synonyms
- Propitatory: Intended to appease or conciliate.
- Purgative: Serving to purify or cleanse.
- Atoning: Making amends for a wrong.
Related Phrases
- Expiative sacrifice: A sacrifice made for the purpose of atonement.
Adjective
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having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation
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expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice
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