| Main Entry: | apologetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expressing remorse, regret |
Synonyms: |
atoning, attritional, compunctious, conciliatory, contrite, expiatory, explanatory, on one's knees, penitent, penitential, propitiatory, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, self-effacing, self-incriminating, sorry, supplicating |
Antonyms: |
defiant, defying |
| Main Entry: | sacrificial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | atoning |
Synonyms: |
conciliatory, divine, expiatory, propitiatory, sacrificing |
| Main Entry: | expiatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | purgative |
Synonyms: |
atonable, atoneable, conciliative, conciliatory, expiable, expiative, lustral, lustrative, propitiative, propitiatory, purgatorial, purificatory, purifying |