Index of English words, starting with "ex"

(1) - Expiable (a.) Capable of being expiated or atoned for; as, an expiable offense; expiable guilt.

(1) - Expiate (a.) Terminated.
(2) - Expiate (v. t.) To purify with sacred rites.
(3) - Expiate (v. t.) To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.

(1) - Expiation (n.) An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.
(2) - Expiation (n.) The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.
(3) - Expiation (n.) The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.

(1) - Expiator (n.) One who makes expiation or atonement.

(1) - Expiatory (a.) Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.