expiated; expiating transitive verb 1 a : to make amends for permission to expiate their offences by their assiduous labours Francis Bacon b : to extinguish the guilt incurred by 2 obsolete : to …

expiate verb [ T ] formal uk / ˈek.spi.eɪt / us / ˈek.spi.eɪt / to show that you are sorry for bad behaviour by doing something or accepting punishment: to expiate a crime / sin SMART …

ex·pi·ate. To make amends or reparation for; atone for: expiate one's sins by acts of penance. To make amends; atone. [Latin expiāre, expiāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + piāre, to atone (from pius, devout ).] ex′pi·a′tor n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

ex•pi•ate (ˈɛk spiˌeɪt) v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing. to atone for; make amends or reparation for: to expiate a crime. [1585–95; < Latin expiātus, past participle of expiāre = ex- ex - 1 + piāre to propitiate] ex′pi•a`tor, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.

EXPIATE meaning: to do something as a way to show that you are sorry about doing something bad

expiate verb [ T ] formal us / ˈek.spi.eɪt / uk / ˈek.spi.eɪt / to show that you are sorry for bad behavior by doing something or accepting punishment: to expiate a crime / sin SMART …

Expiate 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.", "The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury." Expiate To purify with sacred rites.

Expiate means to make amends or atone for a wrong you or someone else has committed. After the incident on the hill, a mortified Jill expiated her guilt by buying Jack a brand new crown. The shiny new crown served as compensation, or expiation, for the broken one.

Expiate verb. 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 verb. to purify with sacred rites. Expiate adjective.

06/12/2022 · expiate in American English (ˈɛkspiˌeɪt ) verb transitive Word forms: ˈexpiˌated or ˈexpiˌating 1. to make amends or reparation for (wrongdoing or guilt ); atone for 2. to pay the penalty of; suffer for Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Derived forms