- 1. v. t. 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. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To purify with sacred rites. Source: opted
- 3. a. Terminated. Source: opted
- 4. v. make amends for Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. 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 expiate his treason, hath naught left. Milton. The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury. Clarendon. 2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.] Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire. Deut. xviii. 10 (Douay version) Terminated. [Obs.] Shak. Source: webster
- 6. Terminated. [Obs.] Shak. Source: adambom
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