expiate
verb (used with object)
to atone for; make amends or reparation for.
has expiated
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present perfectof expiate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He knows best whether a frail erring creature has expiated by long-enduring torture and measureless remorse, the crime of a moment of madness.
From Tales of a Traveller by Washington Irving
Delille has expiated his popularity by a full half-century of contempt, and his work is, indeed, valueless as poetry.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
He has expiated it by ten years of penitence.
From The Roman Question by Edmond About
That evil man has expiated his crime, and his bones lie unburied in the light.
From Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner
But let me check my resentment: She has expiated her errors by her sad and unexpected death.
From The Monk; a romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis
