expiative

1. 1.

   having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation

   “expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice”

   Synonymsexpiatorypropitiatory

Questions about expiative

What does expiative mean?

expiative means "having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation".

How many syllables are in expiative?

expiative has 4 syllables: ex-pi-a-tive. The stress falls on "pi".

What is another word for expiative?

Close synonyms include expiatory, propitiatory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is expiative a common word?

expiative is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.