expiate
verb (used with object)
to atone for; make amends or reparation for.
expiating
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present participleof expiate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Farouk eventually settles in Ireland, and his narrative is braided with the stories of two other shattered men there: Lampy, young and lovelorn, and John, frantically expiating for a life of violence.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2018
If John Edwards had been as truthful and forthcoming about his personal misdeeds, he might not be as much of a pariah as he remains even after expiating for his sins in Haiti.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2010
This method of reckoning indulgences is based on the Early Christian custom of expiating sins with public-penance which often lasted days and even years.
From Time Magazine Archive
He spent a large part of his life expiating one unfortunate deed after another and never rebelling against the almost impossible demands made upon him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Conscious of his error, he returns to orthodoxy, and, in the hopes of expiating his wrong-doing, he humiliates himself everywhere and on every occasion.
From Contemporary Russian Novelists by Serge Persky
