[ˈɛkspɪeɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing)
(e.g: their sins must be expiated by sacrifice)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘end (rage, sorrow, etc.) by suffering it to the full’): from Latin expiat- ‘appeased by sacrifice’, from the verb expiare, from ex- ‘out’ + piare (from pius ‘pious’)