expiate
verb (used with object)
to atone for; make amends or reparation for.
unexpiated
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a word derived from
expiate.
Example Sentences
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With the same savvy agitprop that gained the civil rights movement its leverage to transform American society, the Klarsfelds kept shaming German and French authorities with their unexpiated wartime sins.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2012
Alas! has some unexpiated crime Brought upon us, my child! this endless woe.
From Mârkandeya Purâna, Books VII. VIII by B. Hale Wortham
Up there, you know, there are real saints, who've never done anything wicked themselves, but who suffer for others, for relations, who've committed unexpiated sins.
From The Road to Damascus by Graham Rawson
What had she to do with merriment and jollity, while a sin remained unexpiated, or a moment of her father's suffering and sorrow could be anticipated?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various
We have suffered too many disgraces to pass unexpiated.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Abigail Adams
