Adjective: expiatory 'ek-spee-u,to-ree [N. Amer], 'ek-spee-u-t(u-)ree or ,ek-spee'ey-tu-ree [Brit]
- Having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation
"expiatory sacrifice";
- expiative, propitiatory