Inexpiable
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 That cannot be expiated or atoned for; unforgivable.
"[…] the only son of that disgraced and blood-stained nobleman, who, lying in gaol, under sentence of death for a foul and cowardly murder, swallowed poison, and so closed his guilty life with a tremendous crime, in its nature inexpiable."
Adjective
- 1 incapable of being atoned for wordnet
Example
More examples"[…] the only son of that disgraced and blood-stained nobleman, who, lying in gaol, under sentence of death for a foul and cowardly murder, swallowed poison, and so closed his guilty life with a tremendous crime, in its nature inexpiable."
Etymology
From in- + expiable.
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