Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expiative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pia-tive
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That serves to expiate.

Example Sentences

"Studies on behavioral aspects of altruism connect it with guilt, resulting in either expiative or reparative consequences (Krebs 1970)."

Inflected Forms

more expiative (comparative) most expiative (superlative)

Synonyms

expiatory propitiatory

Questions

What does expiative mean?: That serves to expiate.

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