Advertisement
Advertisement
expiate
[ ek-spee-eyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to atone for; make amends or reparation for:
to expiate one's crimes.
expiate
/ ˈɛkspɪˌeɪt /
verb
- tr to atone for or redress (sin or wrongdoing); make amends for
Discover More
Derived Forms
- ˈexpiˌator, noun
Discover More
Other Words From
- expi·ator noun
- un·expi·ated adjective
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of expiate1
Discover More
Example Sentences
These are autumnal deaths to expiate the sins of a people and appease the heavens so summer might return.
Can it, as the prophets suggest, expiate our sins and bring us closer to God?
Leave inquietude and remorse to those corrupt women who have cause to reproach themselves, or who have crimes to expiate.
Our former lapses require tears, shame and sorrow to expiate them.
Descended of an ancient and noble family, he was doomed to expiate a crime, of which he had been guilty, at Tyburn.
After her abdication in 1367, Petermann entered the monastery to expiate the sins and follies of his youth.
If this maiden on a Brahman casts her eye, devoid of shame, Let her expiate her folly in a pyre of blazing flame!
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse