Expiate

глагол [литературно-книжное] искупать (вину)

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Expiate

verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin expiatus, past participle of expiare to atone for, from ex- + piare to atone for, appease, from pius faithful, pious transitive verb 1. obsolete to put an end to 2. a. to extinguish the guilt incurred by b. to make amends for Example: permission to expiate their offences by their assiduous labours — Francis Bacon intransitive verb to make expiation • expiable adjectiveexpiator noun

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