expiate
verb (used with object)
to atone for; make amends or reparation for.
have expiated
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present perfectof expiate.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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I consider that I have expiated the wrong I did.
From A Pair of Patient Lovers by Howells, William Dean
I have told you my whole story, Paul, that you may know not alone how black my deception was, but how bitterly I have expiated it.
From Miss Ludington's Sister by Bellamy, Edward
And when Letty Fletcher had effaced her transgression by dint of heroism and devotion, she said, not, “I have expiated my sin,” but, “I have conquered.”
From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin
No human being, whatever his secret opinion, could have desired the further punishment of that little old man whose sufferings might have expiated any possible crime in advance.
From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil
You must not be a criminal unless you have expiated your offence.
From A Modern Utopia by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
