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ex·pi·ate       [ek-spee-eyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
to atone for; make amends or reparation for: to expiate one's crimes.

[Origin: 1585–95; < L expiātus (ptp. of expiāre to atone for, make good), equiv. to ex- ex-1 + piā(re) to propitiate (see pious) + -tus ptp. suffix]

ex·pi·a·tor, noun
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ex·pi·ate       (ěk'spē-āt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   ex·pi·at·ed, ex·pi·at·ing, ex·pi·ates

v.   tr.
To make amends or reparation for; atone: expiate one's sins by acts of penance.

v.   intr.
To make amends; atone.


[Latin expiāre, expiāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + piāre, to atone (from pius, devout).]

ex'pi·a'tor n.
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expiate

verb
make amends for; "expiate one's sins" 

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Expiate

Ex"pi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Expiating.] [L. expiatus, p. p. of expiare to expiate; ex out + piare to seek to appease, to purify with sacred rites, fr. pius pious. See Pious.]

1. To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.

To expiate his treason, hath naught left. --Milton.

The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury. --Clarendon.

2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.]

Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire. --Deut. xviii. 10 (Douay version)

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Expiate

Ex"pi*ate\, a. [L. expiatus,p. p] Terminated. [Obs.] --Shak.

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