About The Word Expiate
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Expiate
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What's The Definition Of Expiate?
[v] make amends for; "expiate one's sins"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Expiate: aby | abye | atone Related Terms | Find terms related to Expiate: amend | atone | atone for | compensate | compensate for | correct | cover | do penance | fill up | give and take | give satisfaction | indemnify | live down | make amends | make compensation | make good | make matters up | make reparation | make right | make up for | pay back | pay the forfeit | pay the penalty | propitiate | put right | recompense | rectify | redeem | redress | remedy | repair | repay | retaliate | satisfy | set right | square it | square things See Also | compensate | correct | redress | right Expiate In Webster's Dictionary \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)
\Ex"pi*ate\, a. [L. expiatus,p. p] Terminated. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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