expiate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ex=pi=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

expiate, v. t. [L. expiatus, p. p. of expiare to expiate; ex out + piare to seek to appease, to purify with sacred rites, fr. pius pious. See Pious.].

•  To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.  [1913 Webster]

  "To expiate his treason, hath naught left."  [1913 Webster]

  "The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury."  [1913 Webster]
•  To purify with sacred rites.  [1913 Webster]

  "Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire."  [1913 Webster]

expiate, a. [L. expiatus,p. p].

 Terminated.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

expiate, v.tr.
1 pay the penalty for (wrongdoing).
2 make amends for.

Derivative

expiable adj. expiatory adj. expiation n. expiator n.

Etymology

L expiare expiat- (as EX-(1), pius devout)

THESAURUS

expiate

amend, atone, atone for, compensate, compensate for, correct, cover, do penance, fill up, give and take, give satisfaction, indemnify, live down, make amends, make compensation, make good, make matters up, make reparation, make right, make up for, pay back, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, propitiate, put right, recompense, rectify, redeem, redress, remedy, repair, repay, retaliate, satisfy, set right, square it, square things

ROGET THESAURUS

expiate

Atonement

VB atone, atone for, expiate, propitiate, make amends, make good, reclaim, redeem, repair, ransom, absolve, purge, shrive, do penance, stand in a white sheet, repent in sackcloth and ashes, wear a hairshirt, set one's house in order, wipe off old scores, make matters up, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, apologize, beg pardon, fair l'amende honorable, give satisfaction, come down on one's knees, fall down on one's knees, down on one's marrow bones.