expiate

Speech parts

1. expiate - Adjective

2. expiate - Verb

Meaning

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 purify with sacred rites.

Terminated.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

aby atone abye square pay correct repair offset satisfy compensate remedy excuse repay amend purge
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Antonyms

hock blight cripple damage destroy harm
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Hypernyms

right correct compensate redress

Derivatives

expiated expiating

Anagrams

apexite

Examples

expiate one's sins Source: Internet

Columba's own conscience was uneasy, and on the advice of an aged hermit, Molaise, he resolved to expiate his offence by going into exile and win for Christ as many souls as had perished in the terrible battle of Cúl Dreimhne. Source: Internet

Hasten then to expiate your sins by victories over the Infidels, and let the deliverance of the holy places be the reward of your repentance." Source: Internet

He received lavish donations from the wealthy families of Rome, who, following his own example, were eager to expiate to God for their sins. Source: Internet

Potter, "Entertainers in the Roman Empire," p. 303. The Romans thought gladiator contests had originated with funeral games and sacrifices in which select captive warriors were forced to fight to expiate the deaths of noble Romans. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

expetible expiable expiable guilt expiation expiational expiatist