expiate


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ex·pi·ate

 (ĕk′spē-āt′)
v. ex·pi·at·ed, ex·pi·at·ing, ex·pi·ates
v.tr.
To make amends or reparation for; atone for: expiate one's sins by acts of penance.
v.intr.
To make amends; atone.

[Latin expiāre, expiāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + piāre, to atone (from pius, devout).]

ex′pi·a′tor n.
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expiate

(ˈɛkspɪˌeɪt)
vb
(Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to atone for or redress (sin or wrongdoing); make amends for
[C16: from Latin expiāre, from pius dutiful; see pious]
ˈexpiˌator n
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ex•pi•ate

(ˈɛk spiˌeɪt)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing.
to atone for; make amends or reparation for: to expiate a crime.
[1585–95; < Latin expiātus, past participle of expiāre=ex- ex-1 + piāre to propitiate]
ex′pi•a`tor, n.
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expiate


Past participle: expiated
Gerund: expiating

Imperative
expiate
expiate
Present
I expiate
you expiate
he/she/it expiates
we expiate
you expiate
they expiate
Preterite
I expiated
you expiated
he/she/it expiated
we expiated
you expiated
they expiated
Present Continuous
I am expiating
you are expiating
he/she/it is expiating
we are expiating
you are expiating
they are expiating
Present Perfect
I have expiated
you have expiated
he/she/it has expiated
we have expiated
you have expiated
they have expiated
Past Continuous
I was expiating
you were expiating
he/she/it was expiating
we were expiating
you were expiating
they were expiating
Past Perfect
I had expiated
you had expiated
he/she/it had expiated
we had expiated
you had expiated
they had expiated
Future
I will expiate
you will expiate
he/she/it will expiate
we will expiate
you will expiate
they will expiate
Future Perfect
I will have expiated
you will have expiated
he/she/it will have expiated
we will have expiated
you will have expiated
they will have expiated
Future Continuous
I will be expiating
you will be expiating
he/she/it will be expiating
we will be expiating
you will be expiating
they will be expiating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been expiating
you have been expiating
he/she/it has been expiating
we have been expiating
you have been expiating
they have been expiating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been expiating
you will have been expiating
he/she/it will have been expiating
we will have been expiating
you will have been expiating
they will have been expiating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been expiating
you had been expiating
he/she/it had been expiating
we had been expiating
you had been expiating
they had been expiating
Conditional
I would expiate
you would expiate
he/she/it would expiate
we would expiate
you would expiate
they would expiate
Past Conditional
I would have expiated
you would have expiated
he/she/it would have expiated
we would have expiated
you would have expiated
they would have expiated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.expiate - make amends forexpiate - make amends for; "expiate one's sins"
redress, right, correct, compensate - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
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expiate

verb (Formal) make amends for, redeem, redress, atone for, do penance for repentant sinners seeking to expiate their wrongdoing
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Translations
hyvittääsovittaasynninpäästö

expiate

[ˈekspɪeɪt] VTexpiar
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expiate

[ˈɛkspieɪt] vt [+ sin, guilt] → expier
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expiate

vtsühnen
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expiate

[ˈɛkspɪˌeɪt] vt (fam) → espiare
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References in classic literature ?
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.
But, in order to expiate the sin of avarice, which was my undoing, I oblige each passer-by to give me a blow.
Thou whose injustice hath supplied the cause That makes me quit the weary life I loathe, As by this wounded bosom thou canst see How willingly thy victim I become, Let not my death, if haply worth a tear, Cloud the clear heaven that dwells in thy bright eyes; I would not have thee expiate in aught The crime of having made my heart thy prey; But rather let thy laughter gaily ring And prove my death to be thy festival.
I am to blame, and punish me, make me expiate my fault.
My horror of having committed a thousand offences I had forgotten, and which nothing could ever expiate - my recollection of that indelible look which Agnes had given me - the torturing impossibility of communicating with her, not knowing, Beast that I was, how she came to be in London, or where she stayed - my disgust of the very sight of the room where the revel had been held - my racking head - the smell of smoke, the sight of glasses, the impossibility of going out, or even getting up!
"I don't see myself--or you either-- offering ourselves up to expiate her crimes."
I have many sins to expiate, and though I be deathless, life is all too short for the atonement.
Of what crime could she be guilty that she must expiate it in the dreaded arena?
'Muslims are being asked to expiate for the sins of their past rulers.
'Muslims are being asked to expiate for thesins of their past rulers.
With special emphasis, Luke presents Jesus as the suffering servant of Yahweh who would expiate for the sins of the many.