inexpiate

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/ɪnˈɛkspiət/

adjective

Not appeased or placated.

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OriginLatin inexpiātus →
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Meanings

adjectiveinexpiate (comparative more inexpiate, superlative most inexpiate)

comparative more inexpiate · superlative most inexpiate

  1. obsoletepoeticNot appeased or placated.

    To rest inexpiate were much too rude a part.

    [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC

    Synonyms: inexpiated

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot appeased or placated.

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Origin

  1. Latininexpiātus
  2. Englishinexpiate

From Latin inexpiātus. See in- (“not”) + expiate.

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APA

inexpiate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexpiate

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“inexpiate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexpiate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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