Expiate

Word EXPIATE
Character 7
Hyphenation ex pi ate
Pronunciations /ˈɛk.spi.eɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Expiate"

What do we mean by expiate?

To make amends or reparation for; atone for. intransitive verb

To make amends; atone. intransitive verb

To atone for; make satisfaction or reparation for; remove or endeavor to remove the moral guilt of (a crime or evil act), or counteract its evil effects, by suffering a penalty or doing some counterbalancing good.

To avert by certain observances.

Expired.

Terminated. adjective

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. transitive verb

To purify with sacred rites. transitive verb

To atone or make reparation for. verb

To make amends or pay the penalty for. verb

To relieve or cleanse of guilt. verb

Make amends for verb

To atone or make reparation for.

To make amends or pay the penalty for.

To relieve or cleanse of guilt.

To purify with sacred rites.

To wind up, bring to an end.

Apologizing to your ex for bad sex. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Expiate

The word "expiate" in example sentences

He realized the gravity of his action, in killing the Tsar's representative, and, while viewing it as necessary, resolved to "expiate" his crime by taking his own life. ❋ Matterhorn (2009)

We feel a tinge of guilt that we expiate in this season of giving. ❋ William Grassie (2011)

We can expiate that sin in this vital mid-term election. ❋ Paula Gordon (2010)

Blaming whitey does not expiate the crimes of ZANU a single bit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The building of war memorials to expiate the crime of war is a mistake. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She could gain her freedom from jail by agreeing to marry her rapist, and thus expiate her "adultery." ❋ M.D. David Katz (2011)

Maybe Clinton recently brought up the Oklahoma bombing not just to attack tea partiers, but to also somehow expiate his own long simmering guilt about the slaughter Waco. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He's really smart, a very successful defense attorney who, in an effort to expiate his guilt, has started to defend those black and Latino youths who don't get good defense in New York. ... ❋ Unknown (2011)

We are now resolved to expiate each and every deplorable outrage committed against Thee; we are determined to make amends for the manifold offenses against Christian modesty in unbecoming dress and behavior, for all the foul seductions laid to ensnare the feet of the innocent, for the frequent violations of Sundays and holy days, and the shocking blasphemies uttered against Thee and Thy saints. ❋ John (2009)

This guy and his former boss, Mike Huckabee, wear their religion on their sleeve and use it to expiate guilt and diffuse personal accountability for what they do. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And it's worse than just brutal treatment of young people (it's not just women forced into arranged marriages against their will) by family members, assault, intimidation and, occasionally, murder to expiate "shame". ❋ Unknown (2010)

So he feels, essentially, that the timing is propitious just in terms of his own understanding of himself and the opportunity to do good, perhaps to expiate the sin of him being in a position of power at the time when Republicans were regularly demagoguing gay people in order to gin up votes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

These high recoiling rifles help expiate the guilt for being a civilian again! ❋ Unknown (2008)

Person: [I have erectile dysfunction], sorry. Person's Ex: So you're [expiating] now, on my [wedding]?!? ❋ Jshshslacsjsjavdisjajdhdushsja (2015)

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