expiate
verb (used with object)
to atone for; make amends or reparation for.
have been expiating
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present perfect progressiveof expiate.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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"Oh, it is here you are!" said Agincourt, entering; "and Charley and I have been just speculating whether you might not have been expiating some of your transgressions in an Austrian jail."
From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James
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