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expiate

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ex·pi·ate  (ksp-t)
v. ex·pi·at·ed, ex·pi·at·ing, ex·pi·ates
v.tr.
To make amends or reparation for; atone: expiate one's sins by acts of penance.
v.intr.
To make amends; atone.
[Latin expire, expit- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + pire, to atone (from pius, devout).]
expi·ator n.
expiate [ˈɛkspɪˌeɪt]
vb
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to atone for or redress (sin or wrongdoing); make amends for
[from Latin expiāre, from pius dutiful; see pious]
expiator  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.expiateexpiate - make amends for; "expiate one's sins"
aby, abye, atone
redress, right, correct, compensate - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
expiate
verb (Formal) make amends for, redeem, redress, atone for, do penance for repentant sinners seeking to expiate their wrongdoing
Translations
expiate [ˈekspɪeɪt] VT → expiar
expiate [ˈɛkspieɪt] vt [+ sin, guilt] → expier
expiate
vt → sühnen
expiate [ˈɛkspɪˌeɪt] vt (fam) → espiare
expiate [ˈɛkspɪˌeɪt] vt (fam) → espiare


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Lemarrois had just arrived at a gallop with Bonaparte's stern letter, and Murat, humiliated and anxious to expiate his fault, had at once moved his forces to attack the center and outflank both the Russian wings, hoping before evening and before the arrival of the Emperor to crush the contemptible detachment that stood before him.
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I am to blame, and punish me, make me expiate my fault.
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But, in order to expiate the sin of avarice, which was my undoing, I oblige each passer-by to give me a blow.
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