About The Word Expiation
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Expiation
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What's The Definition Of Expiation?
[n] the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
[n] compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store" Synonyms | Synonyms for Expiation: atonement | atonement | propitiation | satisfaction Related Terms | Find terms related to Expiation: amends | atonement | balancing | commutation | compensation | composition | compromise | counteraction | counterbalancing | expiatory offering | indemnification | indemnity | lex talionis | making amends | making good | making right | making up | offsetting | peace offering | piaculum | propitiation | quittance | reclamation | recompense | rectification | redemption | redress | reparation | repayment | restitution | retaliation | revenge | satisfaction | squaring | substitution See Also | amends | amends | damages | indemnification | indemnity | redemption | redress | reparation | restitution | salvation Expiation In Webster's Dictionary \Ex`pi*a"tion\, n. [L. expiatio: cf.F. expiation]
1. The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime
or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or
penalty.
His liberality seemed to have something in it of
self-abasement and expiation. --W. Irving.
2. The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or
sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an
atonement.
Those shadowy expiations weak, The blood of bulls
and goats. --Milton.
3. An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among
the ancient heathen. [Obs.] --Hayward.
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