EXPIATIONS
Noun
expiations
plural of expiation
Source: Wiktionary
EXPIATION
Ex`pi*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. expiatio: cf.F. expiation]
1. The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or
fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.
His liberality seemed to have something in it of self-abasement and
expiation. W. Irving.
2. The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is
made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.
Those shadowy expiations weak, The blood of bulls and goats. Milton.
3. An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the
ancient heathen. [Obs.] Hayward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition