Definition of Expiate

  • (v. t.) To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.
  • (v. t.) To purify with sacred rites.
  • (a.) Terminated.

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