expiative

English

Adjective

expiative (comparative more expiative, superlative most expiative)

1. That serves to expiate.
   • 2012, W. W. Meissner, Ethical Dimension of Psychoanalysis, The: A Dialogue‎^[1]:

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