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Main Entry:
expiatory
[
ek
-spee-
uh
-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee
]
Show IPA
/
ˈɛkspiəˌtɔri, -ˌtoʊri
/
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Part of Speech:
adjective
Definition:
purgative
Synonyms:
atonable, atoneable, conciliative,
conciliatory
, expiable,
expiative
, lustral, lustrative, propitiative, propitiatory, purgatorial, purificatory, purifying
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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