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expiate
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[ˈɛkspɪeɪt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing)
(e.g: their sins must be expiated by sacrifice)
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Origin
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late 16th century (in the sense ‘end (rage, sorrow, etc.) by suffering it to the full’): from Latin expiat- ‘appeased by sacrifice’, from the verb expiare, from ex- ‘out’ + piare (from pius ‘pious’)
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