Expiative and Purgative

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Expiative adjective - Having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation.

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Purgative and expiative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Purgative" instead an adjective "Expiative".

Purgative adjective - Strongly laxative.

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Expiative and purgative are semantically related. You can use "Expiative" instead an adjective "Purgative".

Nearby Words: purgation, purgatory

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Purgative and Expiative. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expiative/purgative

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