EXPETIBLE Ex*pet"ible, a. Etym: [L., expetibilis, fr. expetere to wish for; ex out + petere to seek.]
Defn: Worthy of being wished for; desirable. [Obs.] Puller.
EXPIABLE
Ex"pi*a*ble, a. Etym: [See Expiate.]
Defn: Capable of being expiated or atoned for; as, an expiable offense; expiable guilt. Bp. Hall.
EXPIATE Ex"pi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expiated();p. pr. & vb. n. Expiating().] Etym: [L. expiatus, p.p. of expiare to expiate; ex out + piare to seek to appease, to purify with sacred rites, fr. pius pious. See Pious.]
1. 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. To expiate his treason, hath naught left. Milton. The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury. Clarendon.
2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.] Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire. Deut. xviii. 10 (Douay version)
EXPIATE
Ex"pi*ate, a. Etym: [L. expiatus,p.p]
Defn: Terminated. [Obs.] Shak.
EXPIATION
Ex`pi*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. expiatio: cf.F. expiation]