expiate
verb (used with object)
to atone for; make amends or reparation for.
expiator
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a word derived from
expiate.
Example Sentences
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Could you, after the sad event you know of, delay for a day the long journey imposed on you, as—" "As an expiator!
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
The name of "Hazazel," the expiator, was given to this goat.
From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire
And because Luke purposes to delineate Christ as the expiator of our sins, he makes no mention of these women.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
