expiate
verb (used with object)
to atone for; make amends or reparation for.
will have expiated
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future perfectof expiate.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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It may be the means of saving other lives––and then you will have expiated your own crimes.”
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
