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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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 Augustin Filon
"If they have been hidden in that forest for the last seven months and you have not been able to find them," said the Emperor to Fouche, "they have expiated their misdeeds."
From An Historical Mystery by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
After a mutual lustration, it was imagined they might have expiated their error, and have been restored to their original purity.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
No, I was a criminal; but oh, how I have expiated my sin!
From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
I have given proofs of my repentance; I have expiated my sins.'
From Mauprat by Stanley Young
