EXPIATE
\ɛkspɪˈe͡ɪt], \ɛkspɪˈeɪt], \ɛ_k_s_p_ɪ__ˈeɪ_t]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To atone for; to make satisfaction or reparation for; to extinguish the guilt of, as a crime, by sufferance of penalty, or some equivalent; "The treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury."-Clarendon; "For the cure of this disease an humble, serious, hearty repentance is the only physic; not to expiate the guilt of it, but to qualify us to partake of the benefit of Christ's atonement."-Ray: to avert by certain observances (rare); "Frequent showers of stones ... could ... be expiated only by bringing to Rome Cybele."- T.H.Dyer.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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