1. having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; - Example: "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice" [syn: expiatory, expiative, propitiatory]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
expiative
adj 1: having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation
or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
[syn: expiatory, expiative, propitiatory]