EXPIATE

expiate, aby, abye, atone

(verb) make amends for; “expiate one’s sins”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

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

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

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

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

(transitive) To purify with sacred rites.

(transitive) To wind up, bring to an end.

Usage notes

Intransitive use, constructed with for (like atone), is obsolete in Christian usage, but fairly common in informal discussions of Islam.

Anagrams

• apexite

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex"pi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expiated();p. pr. & vb. n. Expiating().] Etym: [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. To expiate his treason, hath naught left. Milton. The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury. Clarendon.

2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.] 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)

Ex"pi*ate, a. Etym: [L. expiatus,p.p]

Definition: Terminated. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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