expiation
AmericanOther Word Forms
- expiational adjective
- nonexpiation noun
Etymology
Origin of expiation
1375–1425; late Middle English expiacioun < Latin expiātiōn- (stem of expiātiō ) atonement, satisfaction. See expiate, -ion
Example Sentences
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“Until it is returned at least as a symbolic gesture of expiation it will remain evidence of the loot, plunder and misappropriation that colonialism was really all about.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2022
Rather, he felt he would find expiation in understanding and giving voice to an oppressed community.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2020
But as the legislative session winds to a close, some lawmakers, activists and victims say Albany’s expiation has been uneven, sparing some bad actors even as it has felled others.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2018
It felt like an expiation, a penance for I don’t quite know what.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017
As a young man I was attracted to expiation.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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