'Expiate' definitions:
Definition of 'expiate'
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Definition of 'Expiate'
From: GCIDE
- Expiate \Ex"pi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Expiating.] [L. expiatus, p. p. of expiare to expiate; ex out + piare to seek to appease, to purify with sacred rites, fr. pius pious. See Pious.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To expiate his treason, hath naught left. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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) [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Expiate'
From: GCIDE
- Expiate \Ex"pi*ate\, a. [L. expiatus,p. p] Terminated. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'expiate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amend,
- atone,
- atone for,
- compensate,
- compensate for,
- correct,
- cover,
- do penance,
- fill up,
- give and take,
- give satisfaction,
- indemnify,
- live down,
- make amends,
- make compensation,
- make good,
- make matters up,
- make reparation,
- make right,
- make up for,
- pay back,
- pay the forfeit,
- pay the penalty,
- propitiate,
- put right,
- recompense,
- rectify,
- redeem,
- redress,
- remedy,
- repair,
- repay,
- retaliate,
- satisfy,
- set right,
- square it,
- square things