January 15, 2027

Inexpiable

adjective

Definition

That cannot be expiated or atoned for; irremissible. An inexpiable wrong is one so grievous that no act of contrition can undo it.

Example Sentence

“He carried the sense of having committed an inexpiable wrong that coloured everything he did afterwards.”

Etymology

From Latin inexpiabilis, from in- (not) + expiabilis (expiable), from expiare (to atone for).

Scrabble Score

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INEXPIABLE scores 21 points in Scrabble.

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