Defn: Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.
EXPILATION
Ex`pi*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. expiatio.]
Defn: The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.
[Obs.]
This ravenous expiation of the state. Daniel.
EXPILATOR
Ex"pi*la`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who pillages; a plunderer; a pillager. [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.
EXPIRABLE
Ex*pir"a*ble, a.
Defn: That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.
EXPIRANT
Ex*pir"ant, n.
Defn: One who expires or is expiring.
EXPIRATION
Ex`pi*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. expiratio,exspiratio: cf. F. expiration.
See Expire.]