expiate
verb (used with object)
to atone for; make amends or reparation for.
had expiated
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past perfectof expiate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The kindest-hearted, most inoffensive gentleman in Europe had expiated the crimes of his ancestors.
From A Short History of France by Mary Platt Parmele
Jules had expiated the crime they had imputed to him!
From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre
Now they had mounted the steps of the Calvary and known their bitterest agony; the crucified nation had expiated its faults and would be born again.
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
He had suffered to the very limit of his capacity; there was such a thing as expiation, and surely he had expiated his crime.
From The Just and the Unjust by M. Leone Bracker
But we had loved him; and we still loved him, and he had expiated his crime by a year's unimaginable torture.
From Jaffery by William John Locke
