expiate (redirected from expiating)

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.

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[Latin expire, expit- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + pire, to atone (from pius, devout).]

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expi·ator n.

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expiate

Verb

[-ating, -ated] Formal to make amends for (a sin or wrongdoing) [Latin expiare]

expiation n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

expiate - 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"