expiate
verb (used with object)
to atone for; make amends or reparation for.
has been expiating
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present perfect progressiveof expiate (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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She retorts in a powerful description of the love with which he once inspired her, of the living death in which she has been expiating her mistake.
From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Orr, Sutherland, Mrs.
