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A Writer's Dictionary:

expiating Definition


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expiate
verb
    expiated, expiating
    1. To make amends for (a wrong).
      Thesaurus: atone for, compensate for, redeem.
Derivative: expiable
adj
    Capable of being atoned for or done away with.
Derivative: expiation
noun
    The action of making amends
      Thesaurus: amends, atonement, penance, redress, shrift, redemption.
Derivative: expiator
noun
    Derivative: expiatory
    adj
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin expiare, expiatum to atone for.



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