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expiatory: having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"

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Related Words:

sacrificial collapse: used in or connected with a sacrifice; "sacrificial lamb"

satisfactional collapse

redeeming collapse

purifying collapse: freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a purifying agent"

lustral collapse

expiation collapse: the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

purgatorial collapse: of or resembling purgatory; "purgatorial fires"; serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites"

restitutive collapse

repentant collapse

penitential collapse: showing or constituting penance; "penitential tears"; "wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words"; of or relating to penitence or penance; "the Day of Atonement is the great penitential day of the Hebrew calendar"

offsetting collapse

retaliatory collapse: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"

propitiation collapse

redemptive collapse: bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love"; of or relating to or resulting in redemption; "a redemptive theory about life"- E.K.Brown

apologetic collapse: offering or expressing apology; "an apologetic note"; "an apologetic manner"

compensatory collapse

reparative collapse

indemnification collapse: an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance

compensating collapse

propitiatory collapse

reparation collapse: something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends"; (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors; "Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I"; compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury; "an act for which there is no reparation"

squaring collapse

amends collapse

cleansing collapse: acting like an antiseptic

redemption collapse: the act of purchasing back something previously sold; (Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil; repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)

reclamation collapse: the recovery of useful substances from waste products; rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children"; the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

purgative collapse: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

peace offering collapse: something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace

indemnity collapse: legal exemption from liability for damages; protection against future loss

restitution collapse: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"; the act of restoring something to its original state

balancing collapse

quittance collapse: a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt

redress collapse: act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

recompense collapse: the act of compensating for service or loss or injury; payment or reward (as for service rendered)

compensation collapse: something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury); (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

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