Expiate(a.) Terminated.
Expiate(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.
Expiate(v. t.) To purify with sacred rites.
Expiated(imp. & p. p.) of Expiate
Expiating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expiate
Expiation(n.) The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.
Expiation(n.) The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.
Expiation(n.) An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.
Expiator(n.) One who makes expiation or atonement.
Words within expiations