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VERB:
ex·pi·at·ed, ex·pi·at·ing, ex·pi·ates
VERB:
tr.
To make amends or reparation for; atone: expiate one's sins by acts of penance.
VERB:
intr.
To make amends; atone.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin expire, expit- : ex-, intensive pref. ; see ex- + pire, to atone (from pius, devout)

OTHER FORMS:
expi·ator(Noun)


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