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



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