expiate

expiate

expiate (third-person singular simple present expiates, present participle expiating, simple past and past participle expiated)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To atone or make reparation for.
   • 1888, Leo XIII, ""Quod Anniversarius"",

     Thus those pious souls who expiate the remainder of their sins amidst such tortures will receive a special and opportune consolation, […]

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, Chapter VI,

     I am going out to expiate a great wrong, Paul. A very necessary feature of the expiation is the marksmanship of my opponent.

2. (transitive) To make amends or pay the penalty for.
   • 1876, Jules Verne, translated by Stephen W. White, The Mysterious Island, part 2, chapter 17,

     He had only to live and expiate in solitude the crimes which he had committed.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To relieve or cleanse of guilt.
   • 1829, Pierre Henri Larcher, Larchers Notes on Herodotus, vol. 2, p. 195,

     […] and Epimenides was brought from Crete to expiate the city.

	espiare
	to atone
	to make amends
	To atone for.

Altri significati:

(transitive, obsolete) To relieve or cleanse of guilt.

(transitive) To make amends or pay the penalty for.

(transitive or intransitive) To atone or make reparation for.

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