2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: expiatory adjective: having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice" [syn: {expiative}, {propitiatory}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Expiatory \Ex"pi*a*to*ry\, adjective [L. expiatorius: cf. F. expiatoire.] Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.

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