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Noun: expiation  `ek-spee'ey-shun
  1. Compensation for a wrong
    "we were unable to get expiation from the local store"
    - atonement, satisfaction
     
  2. The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
    - atonement, propitiation

Derived forms: expiations

See also: expiate, expiative

Type of: amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redemption, redress, restitution, salvation

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