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Expiation

//ɛkspiˈeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing. countable, uncountable

    "One day he came not: I was told, and truly, that business the most imperative required his personal attendance; yet I could not force the ghastly terror of his illness from my mind. I dared not tempt my fate by content—the agony which I suffered seemed a sort of expiation."

  2. 2
    the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of expiating or stripping off. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "expiation of his immanities fore."

  4. 4
    compensation for a wrong wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French expiation, from Latin expiātiō(n) (“satisfaction”).

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