expiate
Use Expiate in a sentence
spiˌeɪt verb (used with object), ex·pi·at·ed, ex·pi·at·ing.
to atone for; make amends or reparation for: to expiate one's crimes.
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expiate (ˈɛkspɪˌeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to atone for or redress (sin or wrongdoing); make amends for | |
| [C16: from Latin expiāre, from pius dutiful; see | |
| 'expiator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
expiate
c.1600, from L. expiatus (see expiation). Related: Expiated; expiating.
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Example sentences
To expiate in shame the crimes I've done.
They now have their court novelists, along with their psychiatrists and then- debt counselors, to expiate the evil spirits.
Fireproof wears a badge of sweet solemnity, seeking the audience's empathy for decent people working to expiate their sins.
If the play is Eliot's attempt to expiate his sin, it is no wonder he later renounced it.
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