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Verb: expiate  'ek-spee`eyt
  1. Make amends for
    "expiate one's sins"
    - aby [archaic], abye [archaic], atone

Derived forms: expiated, expiates, expiating

See also: expiation, expiative

Type of: compensate, correct, redress, right

Nearest

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