inexpiable definitions

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: incapable of being atoned for

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English inexpyable, from Latin inexpiabilis, from in- + expiare to expiate Date: 15th century 1. not capable of being atoned for 2. obsolete implacable, unappeasable • inexpiably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (of an act or feeling) that cannot be expiated or appeased. Derivatives: inexpiably adv. Etymology: L inexpiabilis (as IN-(1), EXPIATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inexpiable In*ex"pi*a*ble, a. [L. inexpiabilis: cf. F. inexpiable. See In- not, and Expiable.] 1. Admitting of no expiation, atonement, or satisfaction; as, an inexpiable crime or offense. --Pomfret. 2. Incapable of being mollified or appeased; relentless; implacable. [Archaic] ``Inexpiable hate.'' --Milton. They are at inexpiable war with all establishments. --Burke.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Unpardonable, irremissible, unatonable, not to be atoned for, that admits of no satisfaction. 2. Implacable, unappeasable, inexorable, not to be appeased, irreconcilable.