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Definitions for: Expiate [v] make amends for; "expiate one's sins"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: aby, abye, atone
See Also: compensate, correct, redress, right
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